European warships seize hijacked pirate mothership linked to Hellas Aphrodite attack off Somalia
EU warship seizes suspected pirate ‘mother ship’ off Somalia after tanker hijack; 24 crew freed unharmed
A 30-hour standoff ends without casualties in the Western Indian Ocean
European naval forces have captured an Iranian-flagged dhow believed to have served as a pirate “mother ship” in the hijacking of the oil products tanker Hellas Aphrodite, bringing a tense 30-hour standoff to a close and freeing all 24 crew members unharmed, officials said.
Operation Atalanta, the European Union’s counter-piracy mission, said the dhow…