11 crew held on ship hijacked by Yemen rebels: UAE

United Nations, United States, Jan 10 (AFP/APP):A ship hijacked by Yemeni rebels in the Red Sea has 11 crew on board from five countries, the United Arab Emirates told the United Nations Security Council president on Monday.

Seven of the crew are Indian and the others come from Ethiopia, Indonesia, Myanmar and the Philippines, the UAE’s permanent representative said in a letter obtained by AFP.

It denounced the “act of piracy” against the UAE-flagged Rwabee, which the Huthi rebels seized on January 2.

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