Caustic Soda Attack

A 16-year-old boy was detained today for allegedly throwing caustic soda mixed in water at a girl in north Delhi's Burari, the police said.

The alarm sounded at 6:40 am It could have been a fire or a man overboard. But in the waters off the coast of Oman near the Gulf of Aden, the sound meant one thing to the crew of the Enrica Ievoli: pirates. The ship was carrying 15,000 tons of caustic soda from Iran to Turkey when it was hijacked by Somali pirates, who held the 18-man crew hostage ...

A 16-year-old boy was detained today for allegedly throwing caustic soda mixed in water at a girl in north Delhi's Burari, the police said.

The alarm sounded at 6:40 am It could have been a fire or a man overboard. But in the waters off the coast of Oman near the Gulf of Aden, the sound meant one thing to the crew of the Enrica Ievoli: pirates. The ship was carrying 15,000 tons of caustic soda from Iran to Turkey when it was hijacked by Somali pirates, who held the 18-man crew hostage ...