Somali pirates sent to Paris
16/04/2008 17:35  - (SA)  

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French capture Somali pirates Somali pirates free French yacht 'Happy to see pirates killed'

Djibouti - Six suspected pirates captured by French troops after the release of a yacht crew held hostage off the Somali coast were transferred to Paris early on Wednesday, an official close to Defence Minister Herve Morin said in Djibouti.

The minister is on a brief visit to Djibouti to congratulate the French troops who arrested the six suspects after the crew of the yacht Le Ponant were freed.

The French foreign ministry said earlier it was waiting for permission from Somalia to put the six suspects on trial.

The six men were captured in Somalia on Friday, shortly after they released 30 hostages - 22 French, six Filipinos, a Cameroonian and a Ukrainian - abducted a week earlier aboard the French luxury yacht Le Ponant.

Somali officials and witnesses said three people were killed during the French operation, but the military in Paris has denied any pirates were killed.

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