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Friday, May 07, 2010
Pirate-captured tanker freed by Russian navy
The crew of a large Russian anti-submarine ship has freed an oil tanker seized by Somali pirates on Wednesday. All 23 Russian sailors from the hijacked vessel have escaped the incident unscathed.
As a result of the rescue efforts, 10 pirates have been captured and one killed. The rescue operation took 22 minutes.
"The large submarine-hunter ‘Marshal Shaposhnikov’ of Russia's Pacific Navy carried out an operation to free the ‘Moscow University’ tanker. It ended with an assault by marines; Russia regained control of the tanker and set free all 23 crewmembers; none of them was hurt. 10 pirates have been detained. Several pirates have been wounded and one has been killed," reported Vladimir Markin, spokesman for the Investigations Committee of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office.
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