Somali Pirates

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Attacked at 0443GMT on 17 Dec 2008

Zhenhua 4 - China Communications Construction Co.

Red circle - somali pirates's boat approaching

Pirates's boat ...so small ...can hijacked so big ships

the pirates of the Caribbean

Chinese sailor lights a Molotov cocktail before throwing it overboard at Somali pirates

Royal Malaysian Navy came to the rescue.Nine pirates ran helter-skelter without firing a single shot after there were surprised by the twin machineguns of KD Sri Inderasakti’s Fennec helicopter gunship.The crew on the Zhenghua 4 had earlier locked themselves on the bridge and held off the pirates, which came on two skiffs, for several hours.The Fennec gunship’s response was the first time an aircraft was deployed to engage pirates holding a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden.

To date , 109 attacks this year off the coast of Somalia, with 42 hijackings.
Fourteen vessels are still with pirates with a total of 240 crew members as hostages.