Pirates hijack Singapore-bound oil tanker

At approximately 0900 (GMT) on 28 March, the Crude Oil Tanker the MV ZIRKU was pirated approximately 250 nautical miles southeast of Salalah in the eastern part of the Gulf of Aden.

Pirates fired rocket-propelled grenades and small arms before hijacking the Kuwaiti-owned oil tanker bound for Singapore from Sudan.

EU Navfor said the tanker's 29-strong crew included one Croatian, 17 Pakistani nationals, one Iraqi, one Filipino, one Indian, three Jordanians, three Egyptians and two Ukranians.

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