Navy Hands Over Pirate Suspects

From The BBC:

The Royal Navy has handed over eight suspected Somali pirates to the Kenyan authorities, Armed Forces Minister Bob Ainsworth has said.

They were captured after Plymouth-based HMS Cumberland and the Russian frigate Neustrashimy stopped an attempted raid on a Danish vessel in the Gulf of Aden.

Two suspected pirates were shot dead in the operation last Tuesday.

HMS Cumberland was conducting a routine patrol when it spotted a dhow involved in the piracy attempt.

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