INDIAN SHIP CATCHES FIRE OFF YEMEN; CREW RESCUED

SOCOTRA, April 06 (Saba) - Yemeni Coastguard has rescued the crew of an Indian ship that caught fire 190 nautical miles off Socotra Island.

13 crew members were aboard the ship that was coming from Pakistan carrying a rice cargo en route for Somalia.

All 13 were Indians and rescued by a Yemeni naval ship near the accident site that received the distress signal the Indian ship had sent.

They have been taken to Socotra.

On the other hand, Coastguard said it had received an alert from the South Korean Embassy in Yemen that Somali pirates had hijacked a S. Korean oil tanker off Aden.

It was taken 1200 nautical miles of Somalia, the alert said, adding that the pirates took it towards Somali coast.

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