The daring attack in December bore unsettling hallmarks of the piracy that once terrorised global shipping off eastern Africa: a cargo vessel hijacked, its crew taken to Somalia, and disappeared.The overall number of piracy attacks has fallen sharply from a 2011 peak, when internal chaos in Somalia, and the absence of a coast guard, allowed pirates to hijack commercial ships and hold crews to ransom.
New Delhi: The Indian Navy s INS Sumitra on Monday safely rescued fishermen hijacked by pirates along the East coast of Somalia and the Gulf of Aden, Defence officials said.Deployed there on.