COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Denmark says it is keeping five suspected pirates in custody while it explores legal action after an attack on a Netherlands Antilles-registered freight ship off the coast of Somalia.
Thomas Winkler, head of legal services at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says a request has been sent to Dutch authorities and that the men will be held until Denmark knows where they will be prosecuted.
The Danish navy caught the suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden on Friday after receiving a distress call from the freighter.
The Danes intercepted and sank the vessel after the freight ship crew set it on fire with a distress signal rocket, forcing the suspected pirates into the water.
Winkler said Saturday the suspected pirates were on the Danish frigate Absalon.
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