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Children now? Pirate Content...

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#1 ·
Somali pirates 'seize Danish children' in Indian Ocean

Denmark's foreign ministry said the children were aged between 12 and 16, and that two Danish crew members were also captured during the attack.

Pirates seized the boat on 24 February and were said to be heading to Somalia.

Piracy is a highly lucrative trade in Somalia, where gangs can often demand millions of dollars in ransoms.

As of last week, the EU's anti-piracy naval force said pirates were holding a total of 31 vessels, and 688 hostages.

Many of the vessels they target are cargo ships sailing near the Gulf of Aden - one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
Increasing violence

The foreign ministry told the AP news agency that the ship sent a distress signal on Thursday: "It has now been confirmed that the sailboat was hijacked by pirates."

The Danes are be the second group of non-commercial sailors seized by pirates in recent weeks.

A group of Americans was seized earlier in February, and four of them were killed as the US Navy tried to rescue them.

US forces say the pirates shot them.

Analysts say the piracy industry is becoming increasingly lucrative - Somali gangs recently hijacked a tanker with $200m (£136m) worth of crude oil on board.

International naval forces patrolling the area are becoming more willing to send in commando teams to free hostages.

But the pirates also appear to be responding with increasing violence - two Philippine sailors were murdered last month by pirates angered at an attempted rescue.
 
#40 ·
I used Google News

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Bosasso (RBC) Sources close to the elders of the Somali pirates holding the Danish hostages from the sailing yacht SY ING reported today that the present negotiations between a Danish delegation in Bosasso and the hostage takers are bound to fail, the ECOTERRA International group says.
A Danish negotiation team in Bosasso port town are now holding contacts with the pirates and dealing with them for the release of the hostages.
According to three separate sources the fact that the Danish delegation operates from Bosasso in close co-operation with the Puntland government, while the armed forces of that administration had already once attacked the gang unsuccessfully and despite the botched attempt and international as well as local warnings again threatened to attack the hostage takers and their supporters with armed forces, makes it impossible for the hostage takers to trust the Danish negotiation team.
Danish Foreign Ministry also spoke to some hostages, but could so far not achieve their release.
RBC Radio learns that the pirates holding the Danish family demanded huge amount of ransom for their release which the negotiators said much more than as expected.
Puntland officials said that they are dealing with the condition after several tradition elders from Bari region were sent to the area as part of the negotiation.
The Danish family consisting of Jan Quist Johansen, his wife, their three children, and two other adults were taken hostage on 24 February. An attempt to rescue them which launched by forces from the Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland failed two weeks ago.
The pirates also warned that the Danish family will be killed if any other attack tried.
The hostages who are reportedly to be safe are kept in small village named 'Hul-Anod' which locates near Bandar-beyla district of the east coast of the Indian Ocean in the Somalia's Bari region.
Somalia: Negotiations to release Danish hostages in Somalia nearly to fail, sources say | RBC Radio
 
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