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PIRACY-AFRICA-INDIA
This handout picture released by the EU Navfor on June 7, 2013 shows the EU Naval Force warship HSwMS Carlskrona. Fourteen Indian sailors are now safe, after pirates, who took control of their cargo vessel on June 5, 2013 in the Gulf of Aden, abandoned the attack hours later after EU Naval Force warship HSwMS Carlskrona, together with NATO counter piracy Dutch warship HNLMS Van Speijk, closed in, the EU Navfor announced on June 6, 2013. This type of cargo vessel, known as a dhow, has been used in the past by pirates as a ‘mother ship’, to enable them to sail far out to sea to attack passing merchant ships.The master of the Indian dhow had sent out an alert saying that it was under attack from 12 armed pirates. Upon hearing the alert, Royal Swedish Navy warship, HSwMS Carlskrona, which has been part of the EU’s counter piracy mission, Operation Atalanta, since 6 April, closed the scene and as darkness fell, maintained a constant watch on the vessel. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / EU NAVFOR" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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GULF OF ADEN, AT SEA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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7 Iunie 2013 |
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