Galmudug sends soldiers to free hijacked boat

Galmudug state said that it has sent forces to free hijacked a commercial vessel.

The boat has been hijacked by Somali pirates on 3rd of this month just a day after an Indian commercial vessel was similarly commandeered by the buccaneers.

Abdillahi Ahmed Ali, mayor of Somali town Hobyo who confirmed the incident of the hijack said their troops are tracking down the hijackers who are suspected to have hid out in Hobyo district.

“We sent our forces to free the boat, we are collaborating with the locals and soon we will deal with these pirates hardly,” said Ali.

A pirate who only gave his name as Aden told Reuters by phone from the town of Harardheere: “The pirate leader on board heard Galmudug forces advancing to attack it.  The dhow has now gone far into the ocean but is still in Galmudug waters.”

Early this month, Pirates hijacked a Pakistani cargo vessel MV Salama 1 and move it to an undisclosed locality off the Somali coast.

Harardheere, a town now controlled by Al-Shabaab was once a major pirate base at the height of pirate hijackings of merchant ships.