India arrests 16 Somali pirates
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
NEW DELHI, Mar 28: The Indian navy has arrested 16 Somali pirates and freed the same number of crewmen after a battle with a hijacked ship in the Arabian Sea, a spokesman said Monday. A navy vessel and a coast guard patrol boat on Saturday intercepted an Iranian fishing boat that had been seized by pirates near the Lakshadweep islands off India's west coast. -AFP.