Pirates Threaten Ship in Closest Ever Incident to Hormuz
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Pirates threatened a ship at the north end of the Strait of Hormuz in the nearest-ever attack to the waterway, which handles 20 percent of the globally traded oil, according to the International Maritime Bureau.
Armed private guards aboard the container vessel fired warning shots to deter pirates chasing the ship in three boats at the northern-most area of the Gulf of Oman, according to the bureau’s piracy reporting centre.