Puntland Government News

Somali pirates released a hijacked oil tanker and its eight Sri Lankan crew on Thursday, a Somali security official and the pirates said, bringing the first hijacking since 2012 to an unusually swift conclusion without the payment of a ransom. The release followed a gunfight earlier in the day between the pirates and the marine force, and then intensive negotiations between the marine force, clan elders and the pirates. "There has been discussion going on after the gunfight of this afternoon ...

Puntland, a Province of NE Somalia, Maritime Police Force (PMPF) in shoot-out with pirates aboard hijacked 'MV Iceberg 1' in rescue attempt. The  crew on board the Iceberg 1, has been held hostage by pirates since March 2010. For some long while the pirates kept the hostages apart at different locations, but information received by Puntland security agencies indicated that the crew had been returned to the ship. PMPF forces went into action on Dec. 10, 2012, when there was an exchange of gunfire between them and the pirates. Puntland government forces prevented supplies from getting in or out of the hijacked vessel. On the morning of Dec.