Indian Navy Frees Hijacked Iranian Fishing Boat Off Somalia. Warship INS Sumitra has “obtained the release of all 17 crew members as well as the boat,” the Indian Navy said.
A Somali pirate attack was reported in December, for the first time since 2017. Pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia peaked in 2011, with operations launched as far as 3,500 kilometers from the Somali coast in the Indian Ocean, before declining sharply in recent years..