I've been watching the progress of the Somali pirates with some fascination lately - how could you not? It seems like every day, they've pushed out just a little further.
Recently, though, they picked on the wrong ship.
A Chinese crew successfully fought off a pirate vessel using Molotov cocktails and empty beer bottles.
“Seven of the nine pirates landed on our ship, all with weapons,” said the captain, Peng Weiyuan, speaking to China Central Television.
“Our crew, who had been well trained and prepared, used water cannon, self-made incendiary bombs [Molotov cocktails or petrol bombs], beer bottles and anything else that could be used to battle with them. Thirty minutes later, the pirates gestured to us for a ceasefire.
“Then the helicopter from the joint fleet came to help us.”
The ship was one of four vessels seized by pirates on Tuesday, the same day the United Nations Security Council took a strong stand against the attacks and authorised countries to pursue the gunmen on to Somali soil. |
