Members of the Puntland Maritime Police Force on patrol for pirates near the village of Elayo, Somalia. The Puntland Maritime Police Force is a locally recruited, professional maritime security force. It is primarily aimed at preventing, detecting and eradicating piracy, illegal fishing, and other illicit activity off of the coast of Somalia, in addition to generally safeguarding the nation’s marine resources. In addition, the Force provides logistics support to humanitarian efforts, such as re (Photo by jason florio/Corbis via Getty Images)
Somali pirates have hijacked a Panama-flagged ship, a regional official told Reuters on Thursday.
The ship was traveling from the United Arab Emirates to Mogadishu port when it was attacked by six pirates on Wednesday night, said Musse Salah, the governor of Gardafu region in the semiautonomous northern region of Puntland. The number and nationality of the crew was unclear, he said.
