September 10th, 2011
04:44 PM ET

Warships free hostage taken from yacht off Yemen

Warships stopped a suspected pirate skiff Saturday and rescued a crew member of a French yacht that sent a distress call this week off the coast of Yemen, officials said.

A helicopter located the yacht after the Thursday night distress call, but an inspection found no one on board.

Two vessels, one French and the other Spanish, trailed the skiff and ordered it to stop, according to European Naval Force Somalia. All of the suspects were detained.

Another yacht crew member was believed to have been killed when the suspects boarded the vessel, the naval force said in a statement.

The skiff sank during Saturday's operation, but neither the hostage nor the suspected pirates were harmed, officials said.

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  1. RUFFNUTT ( 15TH LVL WARRIOR & ELF SLAYER )

    LOL FAKEY...

    September 11, 2011 at 2:51 pm | Report abuse |
  2. RUFFNUTT ( 15TH LVL WARRIOR & ELF SLAYER )

    @fakey.. you can't wax a flat black camaro.. then the cops could radar me..

    September 11, 2011 at 3:01 pm | Report abuse |
  3. Jj

    @ruffnut that first comment was spot on! im gonna make a pirate movie and rate it arrrR!

    September 11, 2011 at 3:03 pm | Report abuse |
  4. RUFFNUTT ( 15TH LVL WARRIOR & ELF SLAYER )

    @jj... who would be the star...? they should combine a pirate movie with a ninja/shoalin movie...
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    once upon a time there was a pirate ship that got lost and ended up in the china area..

    September 11, 2011 at 3:13 pm | Report abuse |
  5. success Adibe

    Gboko Haram!!!how do Goodluck feels about this killing on and on

    September 13, 2011 at 2:58 am | Report abuse |
  6. success Adibe

    Security is the cry of evrey body so what is the way foword nigeria

    September 13, 2011 at 3:13 am | Report abuse |
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