Dutch marines thwart pirate attack

Dutch marines guarding a merchant vessel off the coast of Yemen have beaten off a pirate attack directed against it, the Dutch ministry of defence said yesterday.A group of Dutch marines were aboard the Flintstone, a fallpipe vessel which places rocks to protect oil and gas pipelines, when they noticed a nearby fishing vessel launch a high speed skiff at around 5:00 GMT. The crew were directed to the ship’s citadel as the skiff approached."The marines tried in vain to stop the

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