Nato frees 20 fishermen after pirates attack tanker

Somali pirates attacked a tanker in the Gulf of Aden today, but Nato forces chased them down and freed 20 Yemeni fisherman the pirates were holding on another hijacked boat.

Somali pirates attacked a tanker in the Gulf of Aden today, but Nato forces chased them down and freed 20 Yemeni fisherman the pirates were holding on another hijacked boat.

A second ship was also reported to be under attack by pirates in the Indian Ocean, further southeast near the Seychelles islands.

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