Indian navy vessel fights off pirate attack
The Indian navy said one of its warships dedicated to fighting pirates has successfully fought off an attempted pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden.
An official statement said a suspected pirate ship with two speed boats in tow approached the INS Tabar yesterday, threatened to blow up the warship, and opened fire. Indian naval officers saw well-armed men roaming the ship’s deck.
The INS Tabar returned fire, sparking explosions and a fire on the suspected pirate ship. The Indian ship chased one of the speed boats, which was later found abandoned, while the other escaped.
The attack came the same day pirates hijacked a Thai boat off Somalia’s coast.
