Monday, January 24, 2011

Dutch frigate opens fire on pirate ship

Zeven Provinciƫn classThe Dutch frigate HNLMS De Ruyter opened fire on a ship carrying pirates in the Arabian Sea on Friday, according to the Dutch Ministry of Defence.

At the end of the afternoon, a helicopter discovered a suspected pirate mother ship 40 kilometres away from the frigate.

The ship did not respond to radio signals to identify itself and failed to stop when warning shots were given.

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