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BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - Somali troops stormed a Dubai-flagged ship on Tuesday that had been hijacked by pirates off the Horn of Africa nation, releasing its crew and arresting the pirates, an official said.
"Our troops stormed onto the Al-Khaleej and engaged the pirates. There was brief fighting before they defeated them," Abdirizak Hared, the mayor of Bosasso port, told Reuters.
The Al-Khaleej had been carrying food for sale in Somalia when it
was raided by pirates seven km (four miles) off Bosasso on Monday.
A surge in hijackings for ransom has made the waters off Somalia some of the world's most dangerous shipping zones.
Over the weekend, pirates seized a Spanish tuna fishing vessel with 26 people aboard.
SOURCE: Reuters, April 22, 2008