Somali pirates hijack boat and kidnap 11 Indian crew

Pirates have seized a small boat and kidnapped its 11 Indian crew members off the coast of Somalia, an investigator said, the latest vessel targeted by the region's resurgent hijackers.

The attack on the small ship happened on Saturday as the vessel passed through the narrow channel between Yemen's Socotra island and the Somali coast, said Graeme Gibbon Brooks, chief executive of the maritime firm Dryad Maritime.