Attacks by pirates on the sea are increasing
Reportedly china catches fish from the sea areas of the world. Which has now suffered a big setback. Pirates have captured a Chinese fishing ship off the coast of Somalia. The information about this incident has been given by the european Union's anti-piracy force active in that area. On thursday (December 5), the european Union's naval force Operation Atlanta issued an official statement saying, 'There were 18 crew members on the Chinese fishing ship. Who have been captured by Somali pirates. The statement further said, 'No crew member has been injured.' The european force responded to a police alert in Somalia's northeastern Putland region, which said that a Chinese fishing ship had been captured off the coast of Somalia. However, china has not yet commented on this situation.
Meanwhile China's People's Liberation army (PLA) Navy has conducted anti-piracy operations in the area around the gulf of Aden along the northern coast of somalia since 2008. At the same time, since 2017, china has operated its only foreign military base in Djibouti, Africa. However, this incident with the Chinese fishing vessel happened when there has been an increase in piracy in the area close to the major international shipping lanes through the Suez Canal and the red Sea.
According to experts, there has been an increase in pirate attacks again after Houthi rebels attacked ships in the red sea in retaliation to Israel's attack on Gaza. Observers say that these sea attacks started late last year, after which global trade was greatly affected. Let us tell you that the european Union's Operation Atlanta has recorded 19 pirate attacks so far this year.