Merchant ship's security team kills pirate

Private security guards aboard a merchant ship off the coast of East Africa fired on and killed a Somali raider after a group of pirates attacked their vessel, it emerged today.

Merchant ship's security team kills pirate

Private security guards aboard a merchant ship off the coast of East Africa fired on and killed a Somali raider after a group of pirates attacked their vessel, it emerged today.

A European Union Naval Force spokesman, Commander John Harbour, said the killing of the pirate is believed to be the first by a private security team.

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