Two pirates shot dead in Royal Navy swoop

by Dave Keating | November 13, 2008 at 03:47 am

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Two Arab pirates have been killed by the Uk Navy after a pirate ship opened fire on the Royal Navy boats off the coast of Somalia. A Yemeni national was also injured.

Crew from a Royal Navy warship shot dead two Arab pirates after they tried to hijack another vessel, it emerged yesterday.

Hms Cumberland came to the rescue of a Danish merchant ship being attacked in the Gulf of Aden.

There was a firefight before sailors boarded the Yemeni boat on Tuesday.

The MoD said: "Two Somali pirates were shot and killed in self-defence.