Eight suspects held for Arctic Sea hijacking

Eight suspects in the hijacking of the Arctic Sea freighter are reported to have been detained.

The Russian navy today arrested eight men accused of hijacking the Arctic Sea freighter and forcing the crew to sail to West Africa.

Defence minister Anatoly Serdyukov said the suspected hijackers were detained by the naval vessel that found the Russian-crewed freighter yesterday off Cape Verde, thousands of miles from the Algerian port where it was supposed to dock two weeks ago.