Yemen Navy battles 14 boats which tried to seize oil tanker

An attempted attack by Somali pirates on a Yemeni tanker was foiled by warships and helicopters after an overnight pursuit in the Gulf of Aden.

Yemeni marine troops have foiled an attempted pirate attack, the fiercest ever, on a Yemeni oil tanker when 14 pirate boats approached the tanker in the Red Sea seeking to take it over, governmental Saba news agency reports.

The tanker, MT YEMEN OIL 7, was en route from the southern Aden port to the western Hodeidah port when pirates attacked it on Tuesday noon, the state-run 26sep.net citing sources at the navy reported.

The marines surrounded the pirates and clashed with them forcing them to flee out of Yemeni regional waters.

The tanker continued its voyage safely, with Yemeni marines broadening their combing to foil other possible attacks by notorious Somali pirates.

Early this month, marine forces thwarted three attempted pirate attacks against Yemeni oil tankers in the Red Sea.

In April, three Somali pirates were killed and 12 others seized after Yemeni marine forces rescued oil tankers which were attacked off the pirate-plagued Gulf of Aden.

Yemen has received a number of pirates who were arrested by international forces patrolling the Indian Ocean on anti-piracy mission. Some have gone on trials. Last week, 22 African people appeared in a Yemeni court, facing piracy charges.

Many pirates had been released because they could not be prosecuted under some countries laws, while in Yemen many of them are jailed and prosecuted. Dutch commandos serving with the Nato anti-piracy operation freed 20 pirate captives from Yemen.
To restrict piracy and terrorism in the Gulf of Aden, Yemen established a Coast Patrol Authority.

However, Yemeni official said that establishing roads for a coastline which is over 2,200 kilometers long is a complicated process that needs a huge budget and long period.

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