Indian Navy Sinks A Thai Fishing Boat

A maritime body has said the Indian navy had sunk a Thai fishing trawler after
mistaking it for a Somali pirate vessel

Indian Navy Destroyed Thai Fishing Boat, Not
Pirate Vessel: Watchdog -- AFP

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — A maritime watchdog said Wednesday that the vessel sunk by the Indian navy in the Gulf of Aden was a Thai fishing trawler and not a Somali pirate vessel as was first announced.

The Indian Navy won international praise for taking on the Somali pirates , who have turned the vital Suez Canal trade route into the world's most dangerous waterway.

But Noel Choong, head of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) piracy reporting centre, said the vessel it attacked was a Thai-operated fishing boat which had been seized by Somali pirates off Yemen on November 18.

"We can confirm that the incident has taken place. One Thai crew member died during the attack by the Indian navy, on the same day the vessel was hijacked by Somali pirates," he told AFP.

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