Crew regain control of ship from sleeping pirates
Crew of Libyan-owned cargo ship disarm sleeping Somali captors.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/03/crew-regain-control-ship-sleeping-pirates
The crew of a Libyan-owned cargo ship disarmed their sleeping Somali captors yesterday, killing five of them to regain control of their vessel that had been hijacked almost three months earlier, officials said. A sixth pirate managed to lock himself in a room and call other pirates before the crew took him hostage. The EU anti-piracy force sent the closest warship to provide assistance. A group of pirates on another hijacked vessel tried to block the warship, but when the warship's helicopter approached the pirates changed course. The MV Rim was seized on 3 February in the Gulf of Aden.
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Note to Pirates, somebody has to remain awake to guard the captives; got it?
