French Navy Wins Another Battle With Somali Pirates

A French warship Sunday foiled attempts by Somalian pirates in the Gulf of Aden to seize two cargo vessels and intercepted 19 Pirates.

In an announcement by the French President's Office, French Warships conducted another successful interdiction mission. "Three days after a French vessel thwarted an attack on a Panamanian cargo ship" the frigate Jean de Vienne conducted a "decisive action" against "two new attacks", the report stated. 19 Somali Pirates were taken into custody and will be transferred to Somali Authorities. The French defence ministry said pirates attempted to attack a Croatian and a Panamanian ship and that French forces seized assault rifles, two rocket launchers, and more than 1,000 litres of oil. The incident came three days after another French vessel captured eight Somali pirates who attacked a Panamanian registered vessel.