About 30 to 50 Somali pirates have hijacked Indonesian flagged and owned bulk cargo carrier approximately 320 nautical miles North East of the island of Socotra in the Somali Basin. A spokesman of the EU anti-piracy mission today said the MV Sinar Kudus was pirated yesterday. The ship was on its way to Suez from Singapore when it was attacked. It has 20 crew-all Indonesians. The spokesman said, within 24 hours of being hijacked, the ship was used to launch an unsuccessful attack on the MV Emperor which is reported to be safe.