Tanit hijack

LAST UPDATED AT 01:00 ON Tue 14 Apr 2009

Armed pirates guard their hostages aboard the French yacht 'Tanit' off the coast of Somalia. One hostage and two pirates were killed when French special forces assaulted the ship on April 10 following threats that the pirates would kill all the passengers on board.

The rescue of French hostages from a yacht hijacked off the coast of Somalia has brought new threats from pirates

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