Captain "Melody" Chiro Pinto (Ciro Pinto) told ANSA, that on Saturday, April 24, the cruise ship, took place in the area of the coast of Somalia, the pirate boat tried to approach, in which were six men, armed with Kalashnikovs. Security officers "Melody" warning pirates opened fire, not allowing the boat to approach the ship. None of the passengers and crew members was injured.
"Melody" was returning from a winter cruise on the route Genoa - Durban (South Africa) - Genoa, reportedly at the site of MSC Cruises - the owner of the vessel. Around the coast of Somalia, "Tune" went to an intermediate stop in the Jordanian port of Aqaba.
In early December 2008, attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden were subjected to two cruise ships. The vessel "Nautika" on board were about 400 passengers and 200 crew members, protection from pirates ship Navy of Denmark, and the assistance of the liner Astoria, carrying about 600 tourists who came to Germany Navy frigate "Mecklenburg-Vorpommern" .
UN Security Council in 2008 adopted a resolution allowing foreign warships to pursue pirates in Somali territorial waters. As of April 2009, the coastal waters of Somalia patrol ships of several countries, including the Navy Union, United States Navy and Russia. However, despite all the efforts to deal with the pirates have not yet succeeded, but since the beginning of 2009 they were attacked a few dozen ships.
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