Ship carrying thousands of sheep capsizes off coast of Aden

ADEN, April 26 (YPA) – A ship carrying sheep capsized off the coast of Aden, near Yemeni territorial waters.

Activists circulated footage showing a ship carrying thousands of sheep at risk of sinking in the Gulf of Aden .

A group of Yemeni fishermen from Ras Al-Arah in western Lahj Governorate mobilized their boats for an emergency intervention to rescue both the ship’s crew (reportedly Somali nationals) and its livestock cargo.

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