🇸🇴 Somali pirates killed 5 crew members of hijacked tanker before rescue mission, Puntland says

Somali pirates killed five crew members of the hijacked MT Honour 25 petroleum products tanker before the vessel was rescued by security forces, the information ministry of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland state said on Tuesday.

Puntland is in northeastern Somalia, where authorities have previously conducted operations against piracy and maritime threats.

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