Somali troops fail in attack on pirates holding Danish sailors

5:13 AM Fri 11 Mar 2011 GMT

'Ing crew, Jan Quist Johansen, his wife, Birgit Marie Johansen, their sons, Rune and Hjalte, and daughter, Naja, ages 12 to 16' .

Eight government troops from the Puntland province of Somalia have been killed in a foiled attempt to free seven Danish cruising sailors held by pirates in the mountainous region in the tip of the Horn of Africa. None of the group of seven Danish sailors, which includes three children, have been injured. In a story that has been flashed around the world in the mainstream press, pirates captured a sailboat carrying Jan Quist Johansen, his wife and children aged 12 to 16 on 24th February as the family was crossing the Indian Ocean and reportedly heading for Somalia as part ...

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