Overview
- The fuel tanker, attacked Tuesday, was seized off Somalia with 11 Pakistani sailors and an Indonesian captain on board, according to UKMTO and Pakistani officials.
- Pakistan’s maritime minister requested a detailed report and ordered coordination with the Foreign Ministry and the Navy, and officials say talks for the crew’s release are under way.
- A Puntland police official said the ship left Berbera for Mogadishu and was taken between Hafun and Bandarbeyla, with six armed men later moving it south inside Somali waters.
- Key facts remain unclear, including the vessel’s exact name reported as Owner 25 or Honour 25, the owner or operator, and any ransom demand.
- Families in Pakistan report no contact with the sailors, underscoring the human stakes as piracy sees sporadic returns on routes near the Gulf of Aden and the Bab el-Mandeb strait.