The security sources say six international warships are now in the seas close to the Lutuf – two from Turkey and one each from Spain, Denmark, the US and India, something the BBC has not been able to independently verify. “There is military equipment on the [hijacked] ship meant for Turkey’s operations in Somalia,” the
Speaking to the BBC, three Puntland security officials separately identified the ship seized on Friday as a tanker truck called the MT Asana. They added that he was captured by seven armed men who had left a remote area near the Puntland port city of Garacad before heading to the Gulf of Aden. The MT
