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Japan-operated tanker attacked off Somali coast

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AP Associated PressJapan-operated tanker attacked off Somali coast
Tuesday 14 December 2010

FILE - This is a Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, file photo of the the arms-laden Ukrainian ship MV Faina as it arrives in the Kenyan port of Mombasa, after an airdropped ransom of millions was paid. The U.S. considered taking military action against the Ukrainian ship MV Fainan that was carrying tanks and anti-aircraft guns after it was hijacked by Somali pirates two years ago, according to a confidential cable released Friday Dec 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim, File)
TOKYO -- Officials say a Japanese-operated chemical tanker has been strafed by gunfire from an unidentified vessel off the Somali coast slightly wounding two crew members.

Transport ministry officials said Tuesday they are investigating whether pirates were involved in the attack on the Oriental Rose vessel on Monday in the Gulf of Aden.

The 8,259-ton ship was carrying 21 crew members including 19 Filipinos and two South Koreans. Two crew suffered cuts from broken shards of glass resulting from gunfire.

The vessel, escorted by a Chinese warship, departed the Dutch port of Rotterdam and is continuing to its original destination of Kandla, India.

Source: AP

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