French Navy rescues 11 Indian sailors from suspected pirates

January 22, 2014 15:46

French Navy has rescued eleven Indian sailors from suspected pirates at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden.

According to a media release of the Embassy of France in New Delhi, the rescue operation took place on January 18 off the coast of Oman.

The embassy release further revealed that the French Landing Platform Dock (LPD) Siroco, a flagship of the EU Naval Force Atalanta, released the 11 Indian crew members of a dhow that had been attacked by suspected pirates at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden.

A boarding team from the Siroco arrested five suspected pirates who were holding the Indian crew hostage, the embassy release stated.

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