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Somali pirates kill Yemeni fisherman

By ANTARA,

Mukalla : Security forces in Mukalla city of Hadramout governorate said that a fisherman body aboard a boat arrived on Sunday at the port of the governorate, the Security Information Center of Interior Ministry reported Sunday.

The fisherman named Sahl Juma`an al-Sani (45) has been killed few days ago in the Somali territorial waters as Somali pirates were trying to seize the boat. Al-Sani has been shot in his shoulder and subsequently died, the fisherman`s friends told the center, adding that two other fishermen were also injured.

Security authorities in Mukalla city have begun investigations to unveil the case circumstances.

Yemeni fishing boats have been attacked 50 times last year by Somali pirates.