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Somali forces free hijacked tanker Honour 25 as five crew members reported killed

Somali regional forces have freed the product tanker Honour 25 after it was held by pirates for more than five months. During the rescue operation, pirates killed three Pakistani crew members and two other crew members. The full circumstances of the operation and the identities of all victims have not been independently confirmed.

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Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
7 differing positions reported on casualties across 11 publishers; unresolved.
  • expressthree Pakistanis
  • hiiraan10 Pakistani sailors
  • jpost5 crew members
  • aljazeerafive crew members
  • bbckilled oil tanker crew
  • thehindufive killed, another injured
  • daily5 crew members
  • rtdeath toll
  • dawn3 Pakistanis among 5 crew lost
  • arabnewsIndian sailor killed on ship seized off Somalia
  • maritime-executiveFive Seafarers Killed
6 differing positions reported on attribution across 12 publishers; unresolved.
  • expressSomali pirates
  • maritime-executiveSomali Forces
  • dawnSomali forces
  • hiiraanSomali pirates
  • tassSomali pirates
  • jpoststate authorities
  • aljazeeraSomali pirates
  • bbcofficial
  • thehinduSomali forces
  • dailySomali pirates
  • rtSomali pirate
  • arabnewsSomalia
3 differing positions reported on location across 11 publishers; unresolved.
  • hiiraanSomali
  • tassEureka
  • jpostSomali
  • expressSomali
  • aljazeerahijacked tanker
  • splash247Somali
  • bbcSomali
  • rtSomali
  • dawnSomali
  • arabnewsoff Somalia
  • maritime-executiveSomali
4 differing positions reported on timing across 5 publishers; unresolved.
  • maritime-executiveFive Months
  • dawnover 5 months after
  • tassnearly 5 months ago
  • jpostbefore
  • splash247in over a decade
2 differing positions reported on status across 13 publishers; unresolved.
  • expresskill
  • maritime-executiveFree
  • dawnrecover
  • hiiraanthreaten
  • tassleave
  • jpostkill
  • aljazeerakilled
  • splash247First
  • bbckilled
  • thehinduretake
  • dailykill
  • rtoverthrow
  • arabnewskilled
Wherenot resolved
First reported26 days ago
Published2026-09-29 17:01 UTC
Sources13
Casualties reported3
How this travelled.
Reports21Independent tellings13
13 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Somali forces free hijacked tanker Honour 25 as five crew members reported killed. 2026-09-29T17:01:55.325Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:4037. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-29/somali-pirates-kill-three-pakistanis-during-rescue-operation-e3214d2b

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