The U.S. Navy on Monday helped free the fifth ship in a week hijacked by Somalia pirates, attempting to bring security to crucial shipping routes between the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.
Pirates released the Taiwanese fishing vessel five and half months after seizing it. The Navy is in contact with two remaining ships held by pirates in Somali waters. The latest fishing vessel freed by the U.S. Navy had two Taiwanese and 12 Chinese crew members aboard when it was hijacked 137 miles off the coast of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, in May. Pirates killed one of the crew members in June, according to Andrew Mwangura, head of Seafarers Assistance Program's Kenyan chapter. Two other boats hijacked by Somali pirates in May were freed after U.S. Navy personnel spoke to them by radio. Somalia's lawless coastlines are a haven for heavily armed pirates who use speedboats with Global Positioning System equipment, anti-tank rocket launchers and grenades.
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