CNN.com) -- Pirates captured a Belgian ship and said they were taking it to the coast of Somalia after the vessel was reported missing early Saturday, NATO and pirate sources told CNN. The Dutch frigate De Zeven Provincien tracked seven pirates Saturday back to their mother ship.
The Dutch frigate De Zeven Provincien tracked seven pirates Saturday back to their mother ship.
The Pompei, a Belgian-registered ship believed to have a mostly Belgian and Croatian crew, was one of two vessels that came under attack near the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles on Saturday, the sources said.
The second ship escaped the attack after a brief exchange of gunfire with pirate vessels, the pirate source added.
Meanwhile, Dutch naval forces captured seven pirates and freed 20 captive fishermen after tracking the pirates to their "mother ship" in the western Gulf of Aden on Saturday, a NATO maritime spokesman said.
The Belgian government tried to communicate with the Pompei "without success" before the ship was confirmed to have been hijacked, according to an official.
Instead of all that BS (oh em gee bad word!) about religion, why don't we have a topic that concerns more people.
Recently according to the above article, Somali pirates hijacked a ship, taking the captain and his crew as hostages. Eventually they had snipers come in and shoot three of the pirates to show them they mean business! Of course the traumatized captain is now hailed a hero for being a captive.
Somalia is a very poor nation. Lack of resources is a possibility, even though they have a wide coastal region. Somehow they must survive, so why not turn to stealing. Easy way for money, although it is a very unstable living, which can often lead to death (as we saw with those particular pirates picked off by the snipers).
