Somali Pirates suspected of seizing UK couple

[Splodgenessabounds]

MOGADISHU, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Somali pirates said on Tuesday they had seized a yacht in the Indian Ocean with a British couple aboard and were taking the vessel to the Horn of Africa nation with a view to demanding a ransom.

The European Union counter-piracy force operating in the Indian Ocean said it had spotted a yacht 200 nautical miles (370 km) from the Somali coast and they were trying to establish if it was the vessel that sent out a distress call early on Friday. "What we can't confirm is if it is the same sailing yacht which we are looking for. That needs further investigation. The reason is that it is dark in the area," Lieutenant Commander Daniel Auwermann, spokesman for EU Navfor told Reuters.

The Seychelles coastguard said it dispatched aircraft to search for the yacht after receiving a distress signal on Friday and that naval forces from the NATO alliance, European Union and United States, among others, had joined the search.

REUTERS

EDIT: I cocked up the title, got confused between "seized yacht" and "kidnapped UK couple".

Edited October 27, 2009 by Splodgenessabounds

[Bill Hill]

Well that's what the Royal Navy is there for... saving rich naive liberals the world over.

"Oh yah.. we're like traveling around the world in our yaught"

"Yeah..that's great, but just be careful of somalia"

"Omg.. that's soOOOOooo racist"

They learnt the hard way....again.