Mogadishu/internet/Hyderabad, Oct 1 (Maxim News): Pirates hijacked a fuel tanker off Somalia’s Puntland region in the early hours of Tuesday. Three Pakistanis, an Indian sailor and a Myanmar national were killed as security forces tried to seize the tanker, Somali officials said. The tanker was en route to the Somali capital, Mogadishu, when the pirates hijacked it.
Five of the 17 people on board the tanker were seriously injured in the operation launched by security forces to rescue them. However, security forces said that they died after the pirates kept the tanker in their possession without providing medical treatment. Officials said that the rest were rescued safely. (Maxim News)
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