Heavily armed pirates have stepped up attacks on merchant shipping along Somalia’s coast, with one of the latest of nine incidents in two weeks targeting a laden oil tanker, an ocean crime watchdog said on Wednesday. The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said gun-wielding pirates in white speed boats had fired at two large dry bulk carriers in the last week alone — one off the northeast coast and the other off the war-torn nation’s eastern coastline. It also reported an attack on a petroleum product tanker on July 26 by a band of pirates in two speed boats armed with rocket propelled grenade launchers and machine guns. Full Story
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