Sunday, April 18, 2010

Somalia: Somali pirates exchange gun fire at Bargal district in Puntland

According to reliable information which RBC radio has on Saturday morning received from the coastal town of Bargal district in the semiautonomous region of Puntland says that Somali pirates who are holding an Italian vessel laden with chemicals have overnight exchanged gun fire between them.

The exchange of the fire between the Somali Pirates in occurred in the mid of overnight, and so far the casualties reported from the area says that one of the pirates has died and two others were seriously wounded.

The fire between the pirates came after the pirates who are on top of the vessel have exchanged hot verbal words. Another reliable source says that the pirates on top of the vessel exchanged fire after having over drunken alcoholic drinks which they have found inside the ship. “

“I heard the fire in the mid night of Saturday night and in the daybreak when I went get the information about the fire of the night I was told by reliable people who are close to the pirates that the fire was between the pirates on top of the vessel and they have exchanged fire after having over drunk beer which they have found inside the vessel” said a resident in Bargal district who has spoken to RBC radio on the phone.

The two wounded pirates have spent the night on the vessel, and the vessel is quite far from the shore of Bargal district where it has earlier anchored after it was recently chased from by the Puntland troops in an operation they have carried out.

The master of these pirates has escaped Bargal district after there have been frequent confrontations between the pirates and Puntland security force.

Four pirates and a car owned by the master of the pirates were apprehended in the operation carried out by the security personnel of Puntland.

The car of the boss of these pirates has been brought top the coastal town of Bossaso and is under the care of the authority of Puntland. These pirates are argumentative that they have hijacked this Italian vessel within the territory of the Somali waters, and so far it is not apparent whether they have demanded for ransom.

The security force of Puntland has recently carried out an operation to fight the pirates in Bargal district.

Sheikh Abdihafid Yussuf who is the provincial Commissioner of eastern region has recently reached at Bargal district.

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