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.
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- United Kingdom
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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