Footage indicates armed guards destroyed the Hourthia ‘Drone’ boat, not mystical pirates
In the past months, Somali work is recorded by the African horn, with a number of reported. The post-shared posts in Social Media Purport to indicate Somali pirates under fire after the motion of the supply of goods. But this is false; The video shows the armed Ukrainian guards in a vesseling vessel to the upper hook (USV) in the Red Sea in 2024.
Somalia Pirates made a bold action of hijacking in the open water ship but their plans quickly disappeared when they were in charge of a high-armed security team, “published in August 11, 2025.
Screenshots for false post, taken in August 19, 2025
The footage shows the seaport ship and a small boat speeds it. The guards carrying protective gear in the porch outpeakers open fire, and the boat came into flames before the target.
This video was also shared somewhere on Facebook and Instagram with similar claims.
The Somali Pirates
The Salakha’s civilization appeared in the late 1990s, after the Zotali government between Somaliaia in 1991 leaving their water protected. Armed groups exploit this vacuum, ships shipped to Aden and the Indian Ocean, holding the Resteps for the Resteps (included here).
On their top 2011, the Somalia Pirates launched 237 Attack, while the World Bank Accumulation showed the 2010 global economic economy $ 18 billion (installed here and here).
However, the Internal Naval Patrols with the European Union Naval Force Force and Mutf-151), combined with the armed copyright, which has been highly reduced the attack in 2013 (stored here).
The final incident happened in 2017 when the monarch Pirates stole ARIS 13, a tank with a jokes (included here).
Recently, incidents of intelligence from Somalia, which engage in disaster and DHOW-based ships reported early 2025 (which is included here).
However, Social media posts by video calling to show Somali pirates under a lie.
Hourth Drone Boat
AFP Test Check has been made to the restored image returns from the video, and the results developed that the old clip and is related to Somali life.
This clip was shown on July 23, 2024, a War Zone article (TWZ) on the topic, “The ships of the shipwreck seems to remove the bouts of the bout – Laden Hourth Drone a firearm” (included here).
Screenshots of TWZ Article, taken in August 19, 2025
According to the report, on July 20, the guards came under a written ship “shot about two miles[two km]northwest of Al Muku, destruction.
USV is a boat that works in the face of the sea without a human operator. It can be controlled or organized to develop travel and explosives and explosives and are designed to refrain from pre-enforcement (stored here).
Similar features, including shipping and explosive boat, can be seen in the stolen sheet on Facebook and screenshot published by TWZ in 2024.
Screenshots compare the false post and the 2024 TWZ article, taken in August 19, 2025
Ukritom Maritime Trade Operations (Kmito), Kimito, is active as soldiers and commercial East and Indian Region vessels, issued a warning on the incident at the time.
Ukmto received a 644nm western case report on Al Muku, Yemen, “he reads X post.
Master reported two attacks: First of the unstoppable Aerial Program (UAS), which exploded near the ark, resulting in small harm; Secondly is the upper Vessel (USV) used (at USV) and exploited to approach the mood.
The incident was reported with other media shops (installed here and here).
Hothis, an armed group based on Yemen, is addressed to a few commercial ships in the Red Sea in the Red Sea and from the end of 2023.