The Ukrainian ship MV Faina has been held by pirates off thecoast of Somalia since September 25.
Somali Forces Free Hijacked Vessel
-- Christian Science Monitor
-- Christian Science Monitor
Amid increasingly brazen pirate attacks, Europe eyes antipiracy patrols.
Somali forces have freed 11 crewmen from a hijacked ship and arrested a group of armed pirates involved in its seizure. The ship was among at least 30 that have been attacked this year by pirates in Somali waters, the world's most dangerous for commercial shipping.
The Panamanian ship was freed after soldiers from Puntland, a semiautonomous region of Somalia, boarded the vessel. One soldier died and three were wounded in gun battles before the group of pirates ran out of ammunition and surrendered. No hostages or pirates were hurt.
The rescue comes amid increasingly bold piracy attacks off Somalia's coast. In late September, another ship – a Ukrainian vessel loaded with Russian arms – was seized by pirates who are seeking a $20 million ransom. US Naval ships are stationed nearby, after warnings that the cache of tanks, artillery shells, rocket launchers, and small arms bound for Kenya could be diverted to Islamist forces in Somalia.
According to the Associated Press (AP) the pirates had threatened to blow up the arms ship on Tuesday, but a US military spokesman said that hadn't happened and a spokesman for the pirates said a new deadline may be set.
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More News On Somali Piracy
Somali pirates drop threat, resume negotiations -- CNN
Somali Pirates Say They Won't Blow Up Ukrainian Ship, AP Says -- Bloomberg
Somali pirates withdraw threat to destroy ship -- AP
Pirates are the same 300 years on -- Times Online
Somalia: Want to Stop Piracy? Then Give Mogadishu Back to the Mullahs -- AllAfrica
Somali Pirates Said to Be Near Arms Cargo Deal -- New York Times
Kiev urged to pay pirate ransom -- BBC
Ukraine opposition party raises funds to free captive crew -- RIA Novosti
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