Network of Eritreans for Constitutional Governance (NECG)

Eritrean Pirates Hijack 6 Yemeni Fishing Boats

HODEIDA, Yemen, June 07 2010 (Eritrea Daily) - Eritrean pirates have hijacked 6 Yemeni fishing boats with 47 fishermen on board in international waters in the Red Sea in western Yemen.

The boats and fishermen were taken to an Eritrean island, the Interior Ministry's Information Bureau has reported.

The fishermen were quoted as saying that the Eritrean pirates intercepted them on Friday in international waters and forced them to head to Eritrea.

They seized our boats and confiscate all things on them, they said, adding that the pirates sent them back home on one of the six boats.

The boat arrived at the Hodedia port in the west.

Source: MB/FR, Saba

Posted to the web on 6 June 2010

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