DUBAI, United Arab Emirates --
The U.S. Navy says Somali pirates have hijacked a Saudi-owned oil tanker off the Kenyan coast.
Lt. Nathan Christensen, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, says the pirates hijacked the vessel Saturday. The tanker is owned by Saudi oil company Aramco and was sailing under a Liberian flag.
Christensen says the pirates took control of the ship 450 nautical miles southeast of Mombasa, Kenya. He spoke Monday by phone from the 5th Fleet's Bahrain headquarters.
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