Indian navy says ship it attacked was hostile

INDIA: India's navy said Wednesday that a ship it attacked and sank in the Gulf of Aden was hostile, after a maritime watchdog said the vessel was a Thai fishing trawler and not a pirate ship.

"The vessel was similar in description to what was mentioned in various piracy bulletins," an Indian navy spokesman, Commander Nirad Sinha, told AFP.

"The Indian navy ship asked them to stop for investigation on repeated calls. The vessel responded by saying it would blow up the Indian ship.

New Delhi, Wednesday, AFP