Civil war broke out today amid a gang of Somali pirates holding a ship full of tanks and other weapons leaving three of them dead.

Pirates holding a Ukrainian ship laden with tanks and weapons today claimed they were celebrating the Muslim feast of Eid al-Fitr despite being surrounded by American warships and helicopters.

Pirates have seized a Greek chemical tanker with 19 crew members off Somalia’s coast, continuing an audacious string of hijackings near the war-torn African country, an international anti-piracy watchdog said today.