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Monday, January 16, 2012

Somali pirates 'attacked EU flagship'

SPS PatiñoSix Somali pirates have been arrested and a seventh reportedly killed after attempting to hijack a Spanish military vessel just outside the port of Mogadishu.

The pirates engaged in a firefight with the flagship of EU NAVFOR's Operation Atalanta, SPS Patiño, apparently believing it to be a cargo ship.

The ship, a 17,000-tonne tanker from the Spanish Navy, was attacked at first light on 12 January. It had just completed the escort of a World Food Programme ship carrying aid to Mogadishu.

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