INDIA: Indian Navy prepares to send 28 captured Somali pirates for trial in Mumbai

Record ID: 1377010

  • Title: INDIA: Indian Navy prepares to send 28 captured Somali pirates for trial in Mumbai
  • Date: 11th February 2011
  • Summary: AT SEA, NEAR MUMBAI, INDIA (FEBRUARY 10, 2011) (ANI - NO ACCESS BBC) AN INDIAN NAVAL SHIP INDIAN NAVAL OFFICERS ON THE SHIP INDIAN NAVY OFFICERS STANDING NEAR SOMALI PIRATES CAPTURED SOMALI PIRATES WITH HEADS COVERED SITTING ON THE DECK FACES OF SOMALI PIRATES COVERED WITH CLOTH CAPTURED SOMALI PIRATES SITTING WITH THEIR HANDS AND LEGS TIED SOMALI PIRATES SITTING ONBOARD A SHIP GROUP OF PIRATES SITTING ON THE DECK
  • Embargoed: 26th February 2011 09:20
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  • Location: India, India
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVAEUVPSC4V1QKW4IUV9I57FIA40
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: The Indian Navy on Thursday (February 10) was set to hand over 28 captured Somali pirates to the police to be prosecuted under Indian law in the western city of Mumbai.
    On Sunday (February 06), the Navy and Coast Guard captured a Thai fishing vessel that was being used as a mother-ship by the Somali pirates, the Indian Navy said.
    The Prantlaya 11 and 28 suspected pirates were apprehended off the southwestern coast of India in the Arabian Sea.
    The ship was captured about 100 nautical miles off the coast of the Lakshadweep Islands.
    On Saturday (February 05), the Western Naval Command of the Indian Navy said it received reports that a Greek-flagged merchant ship, MV Chios, was attacked by pirates using high-speed boats about 100 nautical miles west off Kavaratti.
    Indian naval forces were then deployed to track the ships.
    The Indian Navy also rescued 24 Thai fishermen who were being held hostage aboard the trawler.
    Attacks have been growing exponentially since 2007 as young Somalis in small skiffs with AK-47s and rocket propelled grenades take to the water is to seek their fortunes.
    Their first targets were local dhows and cargo ships, often UN World Food Programme ships delivering food to stem the humanitarian crisis fed by Somalia's ongoing instability.
    But despite a growing presence from international navies, they have since pushed further into the Indian Ocean, making the entire region a "war risk zone" in the eyes of insurers.
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