A cargo vessel sailing under the flag of the Comoros has been attacked and seized by armed individuals off the coast of Somalia.
Sea-news.az reports that Britain’s Ambrey, a company specializing in maritime security, issued an official statement regarding the incident.
The incident occurred 25 nautical miles northeast of the city of Eyl, Somalia. An armed group of eight individuals boarded the vessel and took complete control. The cargo ship had departed from the port of Tekirdağ, Turkey, and was heading toward Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
According to Ambrey’s service, the vessel’s Automatic Identification System (AIS) transmitted a signal for the last time at 14:31 Baku time. At that moment, the ship was moving in a northwest direction along the Somali coastline.
