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Navy thwarts piracy attempt on Indian ship in Gulf of Aden

The Navy's elite Marcos commandos carried out a swift operation to rescue the 85,000-tonne bulk carrier.

PTI Reported by: PTI New Delhi Published on: October 06, 2017 23:17 IST
File pic - INS Trishul
File pic - INS Trishul

The Navy's stealth frigate INS Trishul today foiled a piracy attempt against an Indian bulk carrier in the Gulf of Aden. 

The piracy attempt was made on the Indian ship MV Jag Amar at 12:30 pm and the INS Trishul, which was on an anti-piracy deployment in the region, responded immediately, Navy spokesperson Capt D K Sharma said. 

He said all 26 Indian crew onboard the Indian ship were safe. 

The Navy's elite Marcos commandos carried out a swift operation to rescue the 85,000-tonne bulk carrier. 

Capt Sharma said an AK 47, one magazine with 27 rounds, grapnels, ropes, fuel drums and ladders were recovered during the operation. Twelve pirates on a skiff made the piracy attempt on the Indian ship. 

The Indian Navy has been actively engaged in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden, a key shipping route near the southern tip of the Red Sea between Somalia and Yemen. 

In April, the India and Chinese navies had rescued a merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden after it was hijacked by Somali pirates.

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