Pirates held after mistakenly targeting warship

French navy chases skiff for an hour in wake of attack off Somalia’s coast





PARIS - Somali pirates in two skiffs fired on a French navy vessel early Wednesday after apparently mistaking it for a commercial boat, the French military said.



The French ship gave chase and captured five suspected pirates.



No one was wounded by the volleys from the Kalashnikov rifles directed at La Somme, a 3,800-ton refueling ship, French military spokesman Rear Adm. Christophe Prazuck said

La Somme "was probably taken for a commercial ship by the two small skiffs" about 250 nautical miles off Somalia's coast, Prazuck said.



"They understood their mistake too late," he said.



One skiff fled, and La Somme pursued the second one in an hour-long chase.



"There were five suspected pirates on board. No arms, no water, no food," Prazuck said.



France is a key member of the EU's naval missi
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i thought the dudes from pirates of the caribian could be a bit silly but this certinly takes the cake