Using rocket launchers and submachine guns, suspected Somali pirates have abducted 17 Indian and five Italian sailors after hijacking a large Italian-flagged oil tanker in the Indian Ocean. A senior official at the Directorate General of shipping said that the wide 'Savina Caylyn' with 22 crew members on board was hijacked by the pirates on Tuesday. The vessel was on its way to Pasir Gudang in Malaysia from Marsa Bashayer in Sudan when it was attacked. Communication with the ill-fated vessel is also reported to have snapped. The attack came within days of Indian authorities arresting 39 alleged pirates off the coast of Lakshadweep in the Arabian Sea in two separate operations.