NAIROBI, Kenya — An Italian warship arrested nine pirates after helping a U.S.-flagged container vessel and another ship evade brigands off the coast of Somalia on Friday, a naval spokesman said.
An Italian naval spokesman said sailors onboard the warship Maestrale captured the nine pirates in the Gulf of Aden after they fired on the Maria K, a ship from St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
The nine pirates were taken aboard the Maestrale, and Italy’s navy is now awaiting instructions from authorities on what is to happen to the prisoners.
Canadian naval spokesman Michael McWhinnie said the nearby U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Virginia also was threatened.
by the associated press
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