Somali Pirates Hijack Cambodian Cargo Ship

Somali gunmen hijacked a Cambodian cargo ship, the MV Layla-S, off Berbera after it unloaded at the port in the breakaway northern enclave of Somaliland, a regional maritime official said Thursday. “Crew members on board the ill-fated vessel are … Pakistani, Indian, Sri Lankan, Somali and Syrian nationals,” Andrew Mwangura of the Mombasa, Kenya-based East African Seafarers’ Assistance Program said in a statement.