EU Naval Force Has First Gunfire Exchange With Somali Pirates

January 13, 2012, 2:12 PM EST







By Michelle Wiese Bockmann


(EU Navfor corrects headline, first and third paragraphs to reflect a previous exchange of gunfire.)
Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) -- European Union naval forces exchanged gunfire with Somali pirates yesterday in thwarting an attack on a Spanish navy oil tanker near Mogadishu.
Five of six suspected pirates detained on the ESPS Patino were injured and two required medical

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