European Union vessel reaches ship raided by pirates off Somalia; all 24 crew on board safe

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45% : By JON GAMBRELL Saturday November 8, 2025 The Hellas Aphrodite was seized by pirates on Thursday A European Union naval force on Friday reached a Malta-flagged tanker earlier attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, finding all its 24 mariners safe after an assault that raised renewed fears about piracy in the region.
44% : Special forces from the Spanish frigate boarded the tanker and released the 24 crew members who had locked themselves inside the ship's citadel when the attack began Thursday, said the EU's Operation Atalanta, an anti-piracy coalition.
40% : The attack on the Hellas Aphrodite comes after another vessel, the Cayman Islands-flagged Stolt Sagaland, was targeted Monday in a suspected pirate attack that saw its armed security force and the attackers shooting at each other, the EU force said.
39% : However, Somali pirate attacks have resumed at a greater pace over the last year, in part due to the insecurity caused by Yemen's Houthi rebels launching attacks in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.

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