Somali pirates seize tanker amid rising maritime threats.

Gunmen boarded the Hellas Aphrodite tanker off Somalia, marking the first commercial ship hijacking there in over a year. The crew locked themselves in a secure area as attackers used machine guns and RPGs; no armed guards were onboard. The EU’s Operation Atalanta responded to the alert, part of a broader surge in pirate activity linked to instability from Red Sea conflicts. Somali piracy, once curbed by naval patrols, has resurged with multiple fishing vessels seized this year.

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