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India navy commandos board Arabian Sea vessel after hijack call

India's navy said Friday that its commandos had boarded a vessel in the Arabian Sea after a hijacking distress call, the latest attack on commercial shipping in the region.

Last month the force deployed several warships into the sea to "maintain a deterrent presence" after a string of recent shipping attacks, including a drone strike near India's coast blamed on Iran by the United States.

It comes at a time when many vessels have been rerouted from the Red Sea, where Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have carried out drone and missile attacks in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, where Israel is battling Hamas militants.

The navy said it had "responded swiftly to a maritime incident in the Arabian Sea involving a hijacking attempt" of the MV Lila Norfolk, a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier.

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