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NATO warship sinks pirate ship off Somalia
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-03-02 00:55
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BRUSSELS – NATO says one of its destroyers has sunk a pirate mothership in the Indian Ocean off the Somali coast.
A NATO statement says the Danish warship HDMS Absalon disrupted a pirate operation by "scuttling" one of the large boats used by Somali gangs to transport attack teams to piracy hunting areas far off the coast.
NATO anti-piracy spokeswoman Shona Lowe says the action occurred Sunday in the Indian Ocean, rather than the adjacent Gulf of Aden where most pirate attacks take place.
Lowe said she could not immediately provide further details on the incident.
