The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations has said that it received a report of an incident for a vessel 100 nautical miles east of Yemen’s Aden, the first report by the agency in the area in months, according to Reuters.

The vessel’s crew were safe and it was proceeding to the next port of call, UKMTO said, after reporting it was being followed by people in multiple small vessels for about two hours with shots being fired.

The agency said it was investigating the incident, without identifying the vessel or naming the potential attackers.

The Houthis did not immediately comment on the latest attack reported by the UKMTO.

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