Indian Navy corners pirates and successfully rescues 17 crew onboard hijacked ship
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INS Kolkata had carried out the interception of the Pirate Ship Ruen almost 1400 nm (2600km) from the Indian Coast, and forced the pirate ship to stop through calibrated actions
Indian Navy on Saturday, after a 40-hour long operation, successfully rescued 17 sailors onboard MV Ruen, which was hijacked by Somali pirates.
“INSKolkata, in the last 40 hours, through concerted actions successfully cornered and coerced all 35 Pirates to surrender & ensured safe evacuation of 17 crew members in the evening today #16Mar 24 from the pirate vessel without any injury,” Indian Navy said on platform X.
“INSKolkata had carried out the interception of the Pirate Ship Ruen almost 1400 nm (2600km) from the Indian Coast, and forced the pirate ship to stop through calibrated actions which were augmented by #INSSubhadra, HALE RPA, P8I maritime patrol aircraft & #MARCOS PRAHARs air-dropped by C-17 aircraft,” it added.
#INSKolkata, in the last 40 hours, through concerted actions successfully cornered and coerced all 35 Pirates to surrender & ensured safe evacuation of 17 crew members in the evening today #16Mar 24 from the pirate vessel without any injury.#INSKolkata had carried out the… https://t.co/eKxfEdMRES pic.twitter.com/tmQq2fG8yE
— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) March 16, 2024
The vessel has also been sanitised for the presence of illegal arms, ammunition and contraband, the navy said.
Earlier, the Navy said the pirates opened fire on the Indian warship, which took appropriate actions in self-defence as per international law to counter piracy and used minimal force to neutralise the pirates’ threat to shipping and seafarers.
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