The Red Sea General Fisheries Authority received on Thursday in al-Luhaiya district of Hodeida province 14 fishermen have been held by the aggression’s mercenaries.

Director General of Ports and Fish Landing Centres of the Authority Aziz Otaini explained to SABA that the returned fishermen have been abducted by the US-Saudi aggression mercenaries, and held for varied periods from 1 to 3 weeks.

The fishermen reported that mercenaries had abducted three of them from the island of Ardhain – one of the islands of Medi district of Hajjah province. They were detained for 22 days on the island of Fursan and forced to contact their families to pay ransom to be freed and warned not to notify the authorities.

Fishermen said that they were released with their boat but without engine or fishing gear.

According to the fishermen, the other 11 have been abducted from Shabain island. They were intercepted by 4 Saudi boats, on each there were 4 armed mercenaries, who assaulted the fishermen physically and verbally and took them to an unknown area.

The fishermen pointed out that after a week of physical and verbal abuse and deprivation of food, they have been returned to the site of their abduction.

Source: Yemen News Agency