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| Somali pirates seize Panamanian freighter: EU |
| 2010-08-03 |
| [Dawn] Somali pirates seized on Monday a Panamanian freighter with 23 crew from Egypt, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the Gulf of Aden, European anti-piracy forces said. Early in the morning, the MV Suez indicated it was captured "under small arms fire from a pirate attack and minutes later she reported pirates on board," the European Union NAVFOR Somalia mission said in a statement. A helicopter was dispatched "but pirates had already taken over the command of the vessel," it added of the 17,300-tonne freighter. |
| Posted by:Fred |