Armed private guards aboard a famous yacht once owned by the late Welsh actor Richard Burton have fired on approaching ships in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Yemen, sparking an intense gunfight
Aashim Mongia, owner of West Coast Marine Yacht services that manages The Kalizma, said they were attacked by a boat with no coast guard markings on it.
DUBAI: Private armed guards aboard a famous yacht once owned by the late Welsh actor Richard Burton opened fire on Yemeni Coast Guard members Friday after mistaking them for pirates, sparking a gunfight in the Gulf of Aden, authorities said. The incident off Yemen shows the danger faced by both shippers and security forces in the waters off the Arab world’s poorest country,