Somali pirates again attempted to hijack ship

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Somali pirates again attempted to hijack ship

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Another attempt by the Somali pirates to hijack recently-freed ship has been foiled on Wednesday.

15 June,2011 12:47 pm

Talking to Dunya News, social activist Ansar Burney said that a group of pirates attacked Capt Wasi’s ship at 8:00am today. However, after a two-hour exchange of fire their attempt to hijack the ship had been foiled.He informed that Capt Wasi and his crew remained unharmed during the attack and the ship is heading towards safer region. He also appealed to the nation to pray for safe return of the recently-released captives.According to information, four Pakistanis and 18 other people are onboard the ship. The four Pakistanis, including Capt Wasi are third engineer Sayed Alam, deisel mechanic Muzammil and a resident of Swat, Ali Rehan.