Pirates armed with shotguns tried to board a general cargo ship at a Yemeni oil terminal in the Gulf of Aden, where terrorists attacked the tanker Limburg in 2002, the International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Centre said. The four robbers fled in speedboats after making several attempts to board the vessel at the Ash Shihr oil terminal on Jan 29, the IMB said. The incident was one of eight during the week ended Feb 4. 'This incident is worrying since it happened at the same place as the Limburg,' Jayant Abhyankar, the bureau's director, said in a telephone interview from London. The crude-oil tanker Limburg was rammed by a boat packed with explosives in October 2002. One crewmember was killed and several others injured in the attack.
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