NATO Warship Apprehends Pirates After Nighttime Hunt

On Sunday, NATO’s counter-piracy Operation OCEAN SHIELD warship HDMS ESBERN SNARE boarded two small craft and detained nine suspected pirates, following an attack in the area the previous day.

The Danish flagged vessel TORM KANSAS reported she was attacked unsuccessfully by pirates in the Indian Ocean, but the ship’s armed security team repelled the attack.

ESBERN SNARE, the closest NATO unit to the failed attack, was directed to the scene by the Commander of the OCEAN SHIELD Task Force (CTF-508), Commodore Henning Amundsen. During the night, despite unfavorable weather conditions, ESBERN SNARE located a whaler and a skiff in the vicinity of the attack on the Danish vessel.

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