ROME, Italy - British special forces on Tuesday stormed an Italian cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates in an operation to free the crew, an Italian defense ministry spokesman said.
The 56,000-ton bulk carrier Montecristo was hijacked 620 miles off Somalia on Oct. 10 by five pirates in a small boat, according to the owners. It was carrying a 23-man crew from Italy, India and the Ukraine.
The bulk carrier is owned by the Livorno-based D'Alesio group which said on Monday that it lost contact
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