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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emmanuel Igunza

Somali maritime police intensify patrols as fears grow of resurgence of piracy in the Gulf of Aden

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Somalia’s maritime police force on Thursday intensified patrols in the Red Sea following a failed pirate hijacking of a ship in the Gulf of Aden earlier this week.

The commander of the maritime force in the semiautonomous region of Puntland, Abdullahi Mohamed Ahmed, told The Associated Press that patrols in the waters had doubled and were on a 24-hour rotation to deter pirates.

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