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Saturday, December 27, 2008

Atalanta’s First Pirate Engagement

The German frigate FGS Karlsruhe, assisted a 65,000 tonnes Egyptian bulk carrier in fighting off a pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden yesterday morning.

This engagement, was initiated after the MV Wadi Al Arab made an emergency call for assistance after coming under attack at 1100 local time.

The Karlsruhe’s helicopter was launched and fired warning shots to deter the attack which was abandoned. A number of pirates were subsequently detained and later released after their arms and equipment had been confiscated.

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