Bahrani dhow attacked by pirates in Gulf

Pirates have attacked a Bahraini dhow on its way back from the UAE, raising fears that a problem usually associated with waters off Somalia has now moved to the Arabian Gulf, the local Gulf Daily News reported on Tuesday.

The Indian sailors on the dhow escaped with only minor injuries after four armed pirates, believed to be Iranian, stormed the boat and stole fish before escaping, the newspaper said.

The attack, which took place on Friday, is one of the first reported incidents of an attack on a Bahraini ship in the Arabian Gulf, but fishermen say attacks of this kind happen regularly, the paper said.

"It happens all the time and there is not much we can do," Fishermen's Protection Society General-Secretary Abdulameer al-Mughani was quoted as saying.

"We are very vulnerable when we are out there on the water and they can pick us out on motorboats very easily."

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