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Hijacked ships tracked

Kuala Lumpur: A warship from an international naval force has been deployed to track three vessels and their 57 crew that were hijacked in an unprecedented spate of attacks by pirates off the coast of Somalia, an international maritime official said on Friday. Noel Choong of the International Maritime Bureau also called on the U.N. to do more to bring rampant piracy under control off Africa’s eastern coast.

Mr. Choong, who heads the IMB’s piracy reporting centre in Kuala Lumpur, said the coalition naval force based in the region is monitoring the movement of the Iranian, Japanese and German vessels that were seized on Thursday in the Gulf of Aden.

“All the three ships are still moving and appear to be heading toward Somali territorial water. A warship has been dispatched to monitor and track the vessels,” he said. — AP

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