Pirates seize luxury yacht

A GROUP of British tourists have narrowly escaped a pirate attack on their luxury yacht.

They had just left the boat when it and its seven crew were seized near the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean yesterday.

Kirk Green, director of Aquatours, said the Royal Navy told him the boat had been hijacked and would be taken to Harardhere, a pirate stronghold north of Mogadishu, Somalia. The navy expect the ship to be held about three months.