Copenhagen: Sixteen Pakistanis and two Iranians have been freed from Somali pirates after an air-raid operation, Danish Navy said.
Danish Navy Spokesperson Kenneth Nielsen said that three Somali pirates were arrested who received injuries in the operation. Arms and some equipment were recovered from their possession.
He said the operation targeted an Iranian fishing boat that the pirates had used as a mothership.
The wounded pirates were treated by doctors, Nielsen added.
The pirates are being held on Esbern Snare, a Danish ship that is part of NATO’s counter-piracy force. Nielsen said no decision had been taken about what to is to be done with those captured.
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