COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Pirates are suspected of taking six hostages from a container ship in international waters in the Gulf of Guinea this week, Denmark’s military said. The frigate dispatched a Seahawk helicopter, which observed several suspected pirates and hostages boarding a skiff stationed alongside the vessel, the Danish military said Tuesday. He received medical attention, was transferred to the frigate and his condition is stable, the Danish military said. Danish military personnel also searched for two more crew members from the container ship who remained missing after the suspected raid. Earlier this month, sailors from the HDMS Esbern Snare killed four suspected pirates and injured another during an exchange of gunfire off West Africa.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 15, 2021 16:06 UTC