Russian troops today freed all the hostages aboard the tanker Somalia pirates were captured off the coast of Yemen, captured and destroyed the pirates.
Ships Marshal Shaposhnikov. Photo: AFP.
BBC said the oil tanker company Novoship Moscow University of Russia were arrested pirates in Gulf of Aden yesterday. It carried 80,000 tons of crude oil valued at approximately $ 50 million and was traveling to China. Before the train robbers, train the crew to shut down and hid in a safe room. Pirates do not catch any of them.
Russian troops were ordered Marshal Shaposhnikov warship rescued 23 crew members on board. The soldiers jumped from the helicopter tanker. While the soldiers jump down, the pirates fired on them. Though still down by soldiers and rescue boat sailors.
“All crew members on board are alive and in good health condition. In more than 20 hours during the siege, the bandits did not catch them,” Reuters quoted spokesman Novoship.
Colonel Alexei Kuznetsov, a spokesman for Russia’s Ministry of Defense, announced a pirates were killed in the rescue, 10 names were arrested. They will be taken to Moscow for trial.


