Security forces have arrested four Somali pirates hijacked a Yemeni fishing boat in Hadibu Island off the Socotra archipelago on Friday.

Security forces have arrested four Somali pirates hijacked a Yemeni fishing boat in Hadibu Island off the Socotra archipelago on Friday.

Security forces in Socotra archipelago said that the Somali pirates intercepted the Yemeni fishing boat, pointed a gun at the boat owner and ordered him to take their colleague to the nearest hospital. He had been injured by gun shot in one of his legs.

The pirates took the boat and sailed to a Bin Hola, a small village in northern Socotra, where the authorities apprehended them. The injured pirate died after he was transported to the village and authorities will keep his body in a morgue until the investigation is complete.

Colonel Ahmed Hael, manager of the security media center at the Ministry of Interior, said that the pirates went to a village of mainly fishermen.
“The villagers called the police and the pirates were apprehended,” said Hael.
He said that pirate activity had increased in the area and that pirates had taken control of three boats of the local fishermen.

“Pirate activity has increased in archipelago area since it is an international route for a lot of commercial ships,” said Hael.

He added that “since the pirates use light boats it cannot withstand the wind therefore their activity decreases during the windy season".

Socotra lies 150 miles east of the Horn of Africa and 240 miles south of the Arabian Peninsula.

Colonel Hussein Hashim al-Hamid, the security manager in Socotra, said that the four pirates that were arrested were not the only ones last week. Two others were also arrested in the area off Galancia in western Socotra.