Indian Navy foils pirate attack in Gulf of Aden, secures merchant vessel and crew

The Indian Navy successfully responded to a piracy incident involving a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden, helping secure the ship and its crew before it safely continued its journey. The incident took place on July 1,  when MV Golden Arsenal, a bulk carrier sailing under the flag of St Vincent and the Grenadines, reported an attempted pirate attack while travelling from Aden, Yemen. The vessel was located around 300 nautical miles east-northeast of Djibouti when the attack was reported through the Information Fusion Centre – Indian Ocean Region (IFC-IOR).