Officials say eight Sri Lankan crew were on board ship targeted in first hijacking of a large vessel since 2012
Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker off the coast of Somalia in the first the first such incident involving a large commercial vessel there since 2012, Somali officials and piracy experts said.
The Aris 13, which had been carrying fuel from Djibouti to Mogadishu, reported being approached by two skiffs on Monday, according to the organisation Oceans Beyond Piracy.
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