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The Indian Navy's warship INS Sumitra has successfully carried out another anti-piracy operation and rescued a vessel carrying 19 Pakistani nationals that was hijacked by armed Somali pirates off the east coast of Somalia...
INS Sumitra, which had rescued an Iranian-flagged vessel, MV Iman, from a piracy attempt earlier, was sent again by the Indian Navy to locate and intercept Al Naeemi, which had been boarded by pirates and her crew taken hostage...
"This rescue of hijacked vessels through swift, persistent and relentless efforts by the mission deployed Indian Navy warship in the Southern Arabian Sea, approximately 850 nautical miles west of Kochi, also prevents the misuse of fishing vessels as mother ships for further acts of piracy on merchant vessels," the Navy spokesperson said.. Earlier on Monday, INS Sumitra rescued MV Iman after the fishing vessel was hijacked by Somalian pirates who took the ship's 17-member crew hostage..
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