(UK) Navy shoots dead (two Somali) pirate suspects

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(UK) Navy shoots dead (two Somali) pirate suspects

Source: BBC News

Page last updated at 21:59 GMT,
Wednesday, 12 November 2008

Navy shoots dead pirate suspects
By Caroline Wyatt
Defence correspondent, BBC News

The Royal Navy has repelled a pirate attack on a
Danish cargo ship off the coast of Yemen, shooting
dead two men believed to be Somali pirates.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed the incident
took place on Tuesday, when HMS Cumberland crew
members tried to board a traditional wooden dhow.

The Yemeni-flagged vessel was identified as having
been involved in an earlier attack on the Danish ship

An MoD spokesman said the pirates were shot in self-
defence.

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