7 SOMALI PIRATES INVESTIGATED

HADRMOUT, Dec, 09 (Saba)- The Specialize Penal Prosecution has started investigation with 7 Somali pirates in Hadramout province who were seized in the Yemeni territorial waters, state-run 26sep.net has reported.

The sources said that the Yemeni naval forces had seized Somali pirates off Hadramout coasts on 28 September with weapons in their possession.

The arrested pirates confessed, during the investigations, of trying to target American and French ships in Yemeni waters, the sources added.

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