Piracy / armed maritime incident
IMB · Attempted boarding off Somalia
26 February 2026 · 1833 GMT (UTC+0)
Approximately 15.5 NM east-southeast of Garmaal, Somalia
What happened
The ICC International Maritime Bureau reported that suspected pirates in two skiffs attempted to board a vessel. Defensive measures caused them to abort. The report says one suspected pirate was reportedly killed and two injured; those casualty details remain reported rather than independently confirmed.
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- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Port or tanker
- Latitude
- 8.4500°
- Longitude
- 50.5667°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.