Explosion off Somalia

on June 27, 2017

Incident unconfirmed by military in region.

Explosion heard from ship off the coast of Somalia, official says

A huge explosion was heard from a ship off the coast of Somalia’s Puntland region late on Monday and flames were seen rising from what might be a foreign vessel, an official in a nearby port said.

“We heard (a) huge explosion and (saw) flame rising from the ship. I believe that the ship is foreign,” Ali Shire, mayor of Puntland’s port town of Alula, a pirate haven, told Reuters on Tuesday.

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Source: reuters.com

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