Pirates hijack a fishing boat off the Somali coast

 Somali pirates hijacked a Yemeni fishing boat
Somali pirates hijacked a Yemeni fishing boat off the coast of Eil District, Ngal District, Puntland State, northeastern Somalia.
On board the hijacked boat were 16 Iranian workers and a Somali man
On board the hijacked boat were 16 Iranian workers and a Somali man who was on guard duty. The boat's agent, Bashir Saeed Othman, indicated that the pirates demanded $400,000 in exchange for the release of the boat, which he said was registered in Puntland and had a fishing license on the coast of the state.
said Colonel Momen Abdi Shiri, Puntland Police Commander

For his part, Colonel Mumin Abdi Shiri, Puntland Police Commander, said that the security services are working to release the boat and ordered his agents not to pay any ransom to the kidnappers, whom he promised to arrest and prosecute.
The Eyl region is considered one of the first regions where piracy operations began
The Ile region is considered one of the first areas where piracy and ship hijacking began, but the phenomenon of piracy on the Somali coast disappeared in 2012 due to efforts made by the international community, which sent warships to the Somali coast to confront pirate attacks.