Armed Skiff Attempts to Board Sailing Vessel Southwest of Al Hudaydah as JMIC Holds Critical Threat for Strait of Hormuz
The vessel’s master refused to stop and deployed a flare. The skiff turned away and departed to the southeast without boarding.
MIDDLE EAST — A skiff carrying 10 to 12 individuals, four to five of whom were armed with automatic weapons, approached a sailing vessel approximately 54 nautical miles southwest of Al Hudaydah, Yemen, on April 12, according to United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Warning 034-26.
The vessel’s master refused to stop and deployed a flare. The skiff turned away and departed to the southeast without boarding.
The incident, the only event listed in the UKMTO Daily Summary for the 24-hour period ending 12 April, occurred approximately 112 nautical miles north of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in waters the Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) assesses at MODERATE threat level.
JMIC Update 031, covering 1 March to 12 April, maintains a CRITICAL overall regional maritime threat level for the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman.
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