Two Hostages Die as Danish Navy Fires at Pirate Ship Off Somalia
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Two hostages died as a Danish warship patrolling the Gulf of Aden under NATO command opened fire on a pirate vessel.
There were 17 pirates and 18 hostages on board the ship, the navy said in a statement today, without disclosing nationalities. The two hostages died after sustaining unspecified injuries when navy personnel boarded the ship yesterday. A navy doctor at the scene was unable to save them, according to the statement.