FILE PHOTO: General Cargo PEGASUS 01 vessel offloads cargo at the Port of Bosaso, in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, Somalia January 28, 2024. REUTERS/Abdirahman Hussein/FILE PHOTO
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - As a speed boat carrying more than a dozen Somali pirates bore down on their position in the western Indian Ocean, the crew of a Bangladeshi-owned bulk carrier sent out a distress signal and called an emergency hotline.
No one reached them in time. The pirates clambered aboard the Abdullah, firing warning shots and taking the captain and second officer hostage, Chief Officer Atiq Ullah Khan said in an audio message to the ship's owners.
