Somali piracy developments -yachts go by ship, Danes reach shore

4:41 PM Wed 2 Mar 2011 GMT

'Captured Ing crew the Johansen family have now reached the coastline of Somalia' .

If the Somali pirates weren't considered dangerous enough before, the game has really hotted up in the past month, enough to cause many yachts now caught in Salalah to ship their vessels to Europe. Following the murder of four American cruising sailors last month, latest developments include nine pirate attacks in the Red Sea itself, and one attack taking place within 30 miles of the normally safe Salalah area of Oman. Pirates who captured a Danish family of cruising sailors more than a week ago have now reached the shores of Somalia, making a quick rescue almost impossible. It had ...

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by Nancy Knudsen