If confirmed, this would be the first Somali piracy attack against a merchant ship since May 2024.
The vessel was sailing some 615 kilometres off the Somali coast when four armed attackers approached in a skiff.
Armed assailants attacked a commercial tanker off the coast of Mogadishu on Monday, firing at the vessel after attempting to board the ship in the first suspected Somali piracy incident of its kind since 2024, maritime sources said.
If confirmed, this would be the first Somali piracy attack against a merchant ship since May 2024, raising risks for critical energy and goods transported through the region, maritime sources said.
