Sunday, September 07, 2008
"About 14 pirates came across a warship that we think could be American and all the pirates on board were captured and their boat destroyed," the Fisheries Minister for Northern Puntland Region, Abdulqadir Muse Yusuf said on Sunday. He added, "We are still investigating the identity of the warship."
On Tuesday, two French nationals were seized in their yacht in the perilous Somali waters. The French navy has said it is ready to try to free them although their safety came first.
Attacks at sea have boomed as lawlessness increased in Somalia, where there has not been a working government since warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.
Source: PressTV, Sept 06