Pirates seize vessel off Somalia

Mogadishu, 22 Feb-(ANA)-Pirates in the Gulf of Aden have seized a Greek-owned cargo ship.

A BBC report said the captain of the MV Saldanha radioed that pirates had boarded his ship.

The Saldanha is now heading to Somalia under pirate command after the UK navy's HMS Northumberland judged it was beyond its remit to pursue the ship.

The warship is part of an EU task force patrolling the waters off the unstable Horn of Africa to deter pirate attacks. (ANA)

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