Life gets tough for pirates! QSM Dubai liberated

(B2 maj) Bad weather for pirates. After the MV Rim which freed itself, or thereabouts, it is the turn of the Mv QSM Dubai to have been freed. The security forces of Puntland (autonomous province of Somalia) indeed intervened Thursday on the boat flying the Panamanian flag, according to the Garowe agency. About fifty men took part in the intervention. With a NATO ship in support: the American ship USS Cole. This one stuck as close as possible since the capture by the pirates. And American assistance was paramount in freeing the crew and the boat.

24 Egyptian, Pakistani, Bengali and Ghanaian sailors were on board the merchant vessel. The captain was killed in the assault along with another injured sailor. And 3 soldiers slightly injured, according to the minister of maritime transport of Puntland, Mohamed Rage. They were taken care of and cared for by the doctor of theUSS Cole.

This is the third time that Puntland forces have carried out this type of action. But the minister complained about the lack of international support to enable Puntland forces to carry out further liberation operations.

(NVP)