Pirate killed, six captured as French troops free couple

FRENCH troops stormed a yacht hijacked by Somali pirates, killing one, capturing six and freeing their two French hostages in a raid that France’s president said yesterday was a warning to criminals on the high seas.

President Nicolas Sarkozy said the overnight military assault that freed Jean-Yves and Bernadette Delanne — the second such French operation in five months — was a demonstration of France’s “unbending determination against piracy”.“

“The pirates now know that they are taking risks —, big risks,”“ Sarkozy said.