A Somali pirate boss stands on sandy dunes just outside the central Somali coastal town of Hobyo in 2010 (AFP/File, Roberto Schmidt)
Somali Pirates Chop Off Hostage Captain’s Arm To Elicit $3m Ransom -- Daily Mail
* New tactic used to extract greater sums from shipping companies
Somali pirates have started to cut off their hostages' limbs in a bid to extract even greater ransoms from the owners of the ships they capture.
The horrific new tactic was used last Friday on the Vietnamese captain of a ship being held in the Somali pirate lair of Haradhere.
Chao-I Wu's right arm was cut off after negotiations to pay a $3million ransom for his fishing ship, the FV Shiuh Fu-1, broke down.
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My Comment: Respect for life is non-existent in some places of the world .... Somalia is clearly one of those places.