Ua hoʻolaha ka Marine Rescue and Coordination Center (MRCC) ma ka Seychelles Coast Guard (SCG) ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kahi puʻu kālā Spanish, ʻo Alakrana, e nā pōā 400 mau mile ma ke komohana ʻākau o Mahé. Ua kū ka hanana ma waho o Seychelles Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Ua holo ka moku ma Port Victoria i ʻelua lā ma mua.
Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻia ka SCG kekahi o nā limahana he Seychellois ka inoa ʻo Wilson Pilato o Union Vale. ʻO ke Kuhina Hoʻolālā Kaiāulu, ka moʻomeheu, ka ʻōpio a me ka haʻuki ka mea i hāʻawi ʻia me ke kākoʻo ʻohana, a i ke kaʻawale ʻana o ke Kuhina ʻo Vincent Meriton, ua kāhea ke Kuhina MacSuzy Mondon i ka ʻohana.
Ua hōʻike ʻia he 36 mau luina holo moku, ʻo ka hapa nui he lāhui Sepania. ʻO nā lāhui ʻē aʻe ma luna o ka moku he mau kāne Malagasy, Senegalese, Ivorian a me Indonesia.
ʻO ke kōmike kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe ke kuleana no ka Piracy e launa pū me nā mea nona ka moku a ua hoʻokumu mua i ka launa pū ʻana me nā pūʻali koa anti-piracy ʻē aʻe i ka ʻāina no ka pane ʻana i kēia hanana. Ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia nā mokulele kiaʻi kiaʻi a NATO i hoʻonoho ʻia ma Seychelles mai kēia kakahiaka a ua hōʻoia ʻia ka ʻike ʻana i ka moku.
Ua pōmaikaʻi ka poʻe pōā Somalia mai ke ʻano mālie o ke kai me ka South East Monsoon e pau ana i ʻelua mau pule i hala. Pono nā ʻauwaʻa lawaiʻa ʻEulopa i ka pale o nā pūʻali koa kaiāulu o ko lākou ʻāina i kēia manawa ma mua o ka wā ma mua no ka mea e hiki i nā kai mālie ke neʻe aku nā powa Somali mai ke kahakai ʻo Somali lōʻihi.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The High Level Committee responsible for Piracy are in contact with the vessel owners and have already established contact with other anti-piracy forces in the region for a response to the incident.
- The Ministry of Community Development, Culture, Youth and Sport is tasked with family support, and in the absence of Minister Vincent Meriton, Minister MacSuzy Mondon has contacted the family.
- The Marine Rescue and Coordination Centre (MRCC) in the Seychelles Coast Guard (SCG) has announced that a Spanish purse seiner, the Alakrana, has been hijacked by pirates 400 nautical miles northwest of Mahé.
