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Spanish navy detains more suspected pirates off Somalia
Madrid (AFP) May 7, 2009 A Spanish navy warship on Thursday captured seven suspected pirates who they said tried to attack a merchant ship off the Somali coast, the Spanish government said. They intervened in response to a call for help from the Maltese-flagged Anny Petrakis, the defence ministry said. They sent their helicopter to the scene, at which point the pirates to aborted their attempt to board the merchant ship, said the ministry statement. The suspects tried to flee but surrendered after the helicopter fired several warning shorts. Spanish marines also confiscated two guns and a grenade launcher. A Spanish judge on Thursday ordered the defence ministry to bring another seven men detained the previous day to Spain for questioning. The same navy ship, the Marques de la Ensenada, captured the seven in the Indian Ocean Wednesday after the suspects' boat capsized as they tried to board the Panamanian-flagged vessel the Nepheli. The warship is part in European Union anti-pirate patrols in the region. Last month the Spanish detained nine suspected Somalian pirates believed to have launched a failed attack on an Italian cruise ship. It handed the nine suspects over to the authorities in the Seychelles. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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