A French military detachment onboard a nearby ship fired warning shots at the pirates. The ship then approached the skiff and collided with it, sinking the skiff and throwing the pirates into the water. Four were rescued, but two others were missing.(AP, 03/05/10)
3/5/10
Incident: Pirates sunk after clash with military
A pirate skiff with six aboard was sunk by ramming after making two attacks today. The skiff broke off an attack on a vessel (not otherwise identified) to give chase to the French fishing vessel Torre Giulia.