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Story summary
- Six gunmen hijacked the oil tanker Honour 25 about 30 nautical miles off Somalia, placing the ship under pirate control.
- After the takeover, five additional armed men boarded, raising the pirate crew to eleven.
- The tanker, carrying 18,500 barrels of oil, had left Berbera on 20 February en route to Mogadishu.
- The seizure may increase anxiety in Mogadishu, where petrol prices have tripled since the US-Israel war with Iran began.
