Vessels with 22 Indians on board hijacked
Two commercial vessels carrying a total of 22 Indian nationals have been hijacked by armed pirates in separate incidents off Yemen and Somalia, a senior shipping ministry official said Friday.The Indian crew members aboard both vessels are safe, according to the latest information available, the official said.The Eritrea-flagged oil products tanker M.T. Sibu 1, carrying 20 crew members, including 16 Indians, was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden on August 20, about 30 nautical miles off the Yemeni coast, the official said.The crew also includes one Syrian, one Sudanese and one Iraqi national, while