Aden news: A Yemeni coast guard official said on the 17th that the Tanzanian-flagged chemical carrier “Asana” was hijacked by Somali pirates while sailing in the Gulf of Aden that day. The official, who asked not to be named, told Xinhua that the “Asana” was sailing in the waters of the Gulf of Aden near the coast of Mukalla in eastern Yemen at the time. The British Maritime Trade Action Office issued a statement on a social media platform earlier in the day saying that the agency received reports that a ship “was boarded by unauthorized personnel” while crossing the Gulf of Aden eastward about 65 nautical miles south of the Yemeni port city of Mukalla. The relevant departments are investigating. Recently, the security situation in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden has continued to be tense. Commercial vessels have been attacked one after another, and safety incidents such as attempts by others to board the ship have occurred.

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