VIDEO SHOWS: ARCHIVE IMAGES OF SIBU 1 TANKER, RECENTLY SEIZED OFF YEMEN COAST

STORY: A tanker was boarded by six armed people who took control of the vessel and diverted it towards Somalia, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Thursday (August 20). UKMTO earlier said it had received a report of an incident 136 nautical miles east of Yemen's Mukalla, where the vessel identified as Seamull also known as SIBU 1, travelling west in the Gulf of Aden, reported being approached by an unauthorized vessel. UKMTO provided no further details and did not say whether the tanker or its crew were safe. The date when the images were taken was verified by original file metadata. Location was not verified by Reuters. (Production: Catherine Cartier, Tiffany Le, Criselda Caringal Reporting by: Jana Choukeir)

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1. STILL ARCHIVE IMAGES OF SIBU 1 TANKER, ASLO KNOWN AS SEAMULL