Patrol pirate ship sank in the Indian Ocean.

SyuzhetyPiratstvo off Somali01.04.2009Piraty captured cruise ship in the Indian Ocean Thursday, April 2, patrol pirate ship sank in the Indian Ocean near the port city of Harardheere in Somalia. As soobschaetAFP with reference to local residents who have witnessed what happened as a result of the death of a pirate, his two podelnikov injured.
The Navy is the country belonged to the pirates attacking a ship, not specified. Accurate data that during the ship was sunk, so it is not: local residents say that a large vessel, then a small boat.
However, official confirmation of all this information yet. In commanding the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet said they knew nothing of the destruction of pirate ship near Harardheere.
Note that in this city is one of the largest bases of Somali pirates. In the past few months, Somali pirates have become increasingly attacking ships in the Indian Ocean, rather than in the Gulf of Aden, which in 2008 accounted for the vast majority of attacks.
Because of the activity of pirates, a number of countries, including Russia and the United States, sent to the coast of Somalia warships to protect vessels. Despite this, the attack and seizure of ships continues with the same regularity.