An Israeli ship with two Turkish crew on board was hijacked in Yemen.
Yesterday evening, the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs announced that there had been no contact with the chemical tanker called Central Park, belonging to the Zodiac Marine Company, since the morning hours while it was sailing off the Yemeni coast in the Gulf of Aden, and it was considered to have been kidnapped.
The General Directorate of Maritime Affairs announced that the ship with Turkish sailors Captain Aydin Hasirci and Captain IV Okan Yuksel on board was rescued after 15 hours.
In the statement posted on the social media account of the Directorate General of Maritime Affairs, “The Search and Rescue Main Coordination Center (AAKKM) held a meeting with the company and the Turkish crew of the Liberian-flagged tanker Central Park, which could not be found.” It was contacted in the Gulf of Aden, and the ship was rescued after being held for 15 hours, and all its members were fine.
American forces: arrested 5 people who tried to search for the ship
The US Central Command stated, in its statement on the social media platform
The statement stated that the destroyer called “USS Mason (DDG 87)” of the US Navy responded to Central Park’s call for help and requested the release of the ship, and that 5 armed people boarded the ship and tried to escape with it. small boat.
The statement said that the aforementioned militants were captured by the destroyer USS Mason, and indicated that the Central Park ship and its crew are safe.
Two ballistic missiles were launched
It was announced in the statement that two ballistic missiles were launched towards the ships USS Mason and Central Park at approximately 01:41 from areas under Houthi control in Yemen. It was reported that the two ballistic missiles fell into the sea. The Gulf of Aden is 10 miles from the ships.
The crew of the ship called “Central Park”, owned by the Israeli Zodiac Marine Company, is 22 people. Its subsidiary company’s statement stated that the tanker was loaded with phosphoric acid.