Turkish frigate thwarts takeover of Greek-owned vessel in Gulf of Aden
ANKARA (ANA-MPA / A. Abatzis) -- The Turkish military on Thursday announced that a Turkish frigate patrolling in the Gulf of Aden prevented the hijacking of a Greek-owned freighter sailing in the sea region earlier in the day. The Turkish general staff office said the frigate "Gediz" fired warning shots and dispatched a helicopter and commandos to thwart an attempt by five armed pirates to board the Panamanian-flagged "Theophoros", owed by the Good Faith shipping group. All five pirates were arrested, according to a military dispatch from Ankara. The attack reportedly took place on Thursday morning, local time, following an SOS transmission by the merchant vessel. The waters and sea lanes off Somalia in the NW Indian Ocean and in the Gulf of Aden have increasingly been plagued by piracy over the past few years, resulting in the dispatch to the region of a multinational anti-piracy naval task force.
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