Somali Pirates Held Oil Tanker Crew for Months Before Deadly Rescue Bid

A Pakistani crewman aboard the Honour 25 saw Somali pirates firing AK-47s at the tanker’s bulkhead. He ran from the engine room, pounding on cabin doors and shouting, “Lock the doors!” The pirates had arrived in two small boats while the tanker crossed the Gulf of Aden. They seized the ship, shut down its engine