UKMTO says it received incident 105 nautical miles northeast of Yemen's Aden

A vessel northeast of Yemen's Aden was approached and fired upon by armed skiffs, but the crew is safe after deploying a security team and returning fire.

UKMTO says it received incident 105 nautical miles northeast of Yemen's Aden
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The ​United ​Kingdom Maritime ‌Trade Operations (UKMTO) said ​on Wednesday that it ‌had received a report of an incident 105 nautical miles ‌northeast of Yemen's Aden, adding ‌that the crew were safe.

"A vessel has been ⁠approached ​to ⁠within 4 meters and fired upon ⁠by 2 skiffs with an ​unknown number of armed ⁠persons on board. The vessel has ⁠deployed ​security team and returned fire. The suspect ⁠vessels have now disengaged", UKMTO ⁠said.

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