Mysterious Mother Ship Directs Pirates Attacks
Aftenposten, Norway
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Nairobi (Kenya):
Somali pirates attacked five ships in the past week in a sharp rise of banditry apparently directed from a mysterious "mother ship" prowling the busy Indian Ocean corridor, shipping experts said on Friday.
Circling pirates photographed by a British passenger aboard the Seabourn Spirit.
Andrew Mwangura, program coordinator at the Kenyan Seafarers' Association said nine ships, including two Arabian dhows, had been seized.
Mwangura said five vessels were attacked in the past week alone including the attempt last Saturday to board the Bahamas-registered Seabourn Spirit, which was carrying 151 Western tourists.
Rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles were fired at the US-owned Spirit by gunmen in two small speedboats, but the ship's captain, Norwegian Sven Erik Pedersen, managed to change course and speed away.
Nov 12, 2005
Aftenposten, Norway
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Nairobi (Kenya):
Somali pirates attacked five ships in the past week in a sharp rise of banditry apparently directed from a mysterious "mother ship" prowling the busy Indian Ocean corridor, shipping experts said on Friday.
Circling pirates photographed by a British passenger aboard the Seabourn Spirit.
Andrew Mwangura, program coordinator at the Kenyan Seafarers' Association said nine ships, including two Arabian dhows, had been seized.
Mwangura said five vessels were attacked in the past week alone including the attempt last Saturday to board the Bahamas-registered Seabourn Spirit, which was carrying 151 Western tourists.
Rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles were fired at the US-owned Spirit by gunmen in two small speedboats, but the ship's captain, Norwegian Sven Erik Pedersen, managed to change course and speed away.
Nov 12, 2005
