Daily Mail: Oil tanker 'hijacked by Iranian forces' off the coast of UAE is now safe and boarders have left the vessel
* Suspected hijacking of oil tanker off the coast of UAE is now over, UK has said
* 'Boarders have left the vessel. Vessel is safe. Incident complete,' a statement from Britain's maritime safety agency said, without elaborating
* It was thought the ship, identified as tanker Asphalt Princess, had been boarded by armed men with links to Iran or one of its proxies
* Iran denied involvement, and it is still not clear who raiders were or why they left
An oil tanker thought to have been hijacked off the coast of the UAE is now safe after boarders left the vessel, the UK's maritime security agency has said.
'Boarders have left the vessel. Vessel is safe. Incident complete,' a brief warning notice issued Wednesday by United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said.
Tracking data showed the vessel - believed to be the Panama-flagged Asphalt Princess, located 60 miles from the port of Fujairah - is now 'underway using engine' having previously shown it was 'stopped'.
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Update: Hijacking ends in Arabian Sea, says UKMTO, as Oman identifies tanker involved (Reuters)
WNU Editor: This is a very strange incident. I am sure more details will be made public in the coming days, but it illustrates how tense the situation has become between Israel and Iran.
