A Bahamas-flagged merchant vessel on early Tuesday morning escaped a pirate attack thanks to the implementation of the protection measures. A pirate skiff started firing upon  MV African Eagle, a Bahamas-flagged bulk carrier, while it was sailing approximately 30 nautical miles from Mombasa, Kenya. The Pirate Group then tried to board the ship.However pirates could not board the ship due to the  the barbed wires and electrical fences that were installed in the merchant vessel . The Pirate Action Group could not tolerate this electric attack and left the scene.The attack was effectively defended mainly because the vessel installed security defenses pointed out in the Best Management Practices, a booklet from the EU NAVFOR intended to assist ships to avoid, deter or delay piracy attacks off the Somali coast, the Gulf of Aden, and the Arabian Sea.

Merchant Navy Liaison Officer of EU NAVFOR Operational Headquarters said that”The fact is that there will never be enough warships to blanket cover this huge area. In the Indian Ocean, you should consider self-defense as your only defense”