BREAKING FOOTAGE: India’s navy commandos boarded a vessel in the Arabian Sea after a hijacking distress call, the latest attack on commercial shipping in the region.
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NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian navy commandos safely evacuated 21 crew members from a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier involved in a hijacking attempt in the Arabian Sea, the navy said Friday.
The MV Lila Norfolk sent a message on the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations monitoring portal that said five or six armed people had boarded the vessel Thursday evening, the navy said in a statement.
India’s navy diverted a ship deployed for maritime security operations to assist the carrier, and a group of commandos boarded the vessel after monitoring its movement for several hours, the statement said.
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