The Portuguese ship of NATO blew off attacking of pirates the Norwegian tanker, going in the Aden gulf under the Bahamian flag, 19 pirates were bulldoggen, disarmed and temporally detained. According to a lieutenant commander Alexander Fernandesa (Alexandre Fernandes), which was aboard the Portuguese ship Corte-Real, carrying oil tanker MV Kition inquired on Friday in the day-time help in connection with that around him a small boat got with pirates, armed
by a shooting-iron and grenades.
from which they undertook a sally. After a few clock of pursuit of this ship, well the side of which there were 19 persons, it was succeeded military to take it, an agency reported Reyter with reference to the representatives of military-political block.Words by word Fernandesa, marine
infantrymen discovered aboard a bulldoggen ship four 200-grammovye high-capacity checkers, four automats "Kalashnikova" and grenade launcher with nine shells."There was an about kilogram of explosive. At the correct use with its help it is possible to do a hole
in a hull and to flood him. First we found out a strong explosive aboard a piratic ship. Usually for them only automats and grenade launchers", – Fernandes said, adding that does not consider such find the certificate of strengthening to tension in a region.After
consultations with Portuguese authorities bulldoggen pirates were exempt.To power of Somali, to leaving off to exist as the single state as early as 1991, can not manage with the problem of piracy. From data of UNO, in 2008 it was registered at banks African Horn
120 attacking of marine robbers merchantmen. In a captivity for somaliyskikh pirates presently are no less than 16 courts and about 270 sea-folk, RIA reports "News".
