Suspected Somali pirates hijack oil vessel headed to Mogadishu

(Associated Press/Al Arabiya) Suspected Somali pirates hijacked a fuel tanker off the northeastern coast of Somalia, according to a local official and the British military. The vessel was seized on Wednesday in waters between the coastal towns of Hafun and Bandarbeyla in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland along the Indian Ocean. – Suspected Somali pirates hijack oil vessel headed to Mogadishu