Ankara: The Turkish military says navy commandos aboard a Turkish frigate have captured five pirates in the Gulf of Aden.
The military says in a statement that the commandos
aboard the TCG Gediz frigate, part of a NATO force patrolling
the seas, raided the skiff today morning upon a request to
block it before it could attack a ship.
It says a navy helicopter aboard a second Turkish
frigate, the TCG Gaziantep, also took part in the
operation.
Bureau Report
First Published: Friday, July 24, 2009, 21:18