New report: Yacht with six crew hijacked near Somalia

8:46 PM Sun 9 Jan 2011 GMT

'Somalian pirates being arrested by maritime authorities' .

Several local sources have confirmed that Somali pirates have captured a yacht with six crew members on board, according to piracy monitoring organisation Ecoterra International . While no none of the marine authorities in the area have confirmed these reports, the yacht, which has yet to be named, has been reported as sailing towards the Somalian town of Hobyo since the hijacking. According to the Ecoterra International, the organization, which monitors piracy in near the Horn of Africa, the yacht was hijacked before the New Year and has been sailing towards the Somalian port of Hobyo. The pirates attacked the yacht and ...

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