Somali pirates captured the German zernovoz.

The Somali pirates captured the German zernovoz in the Gulf of Aden between Somalia and the Arabian Peninsula, reported Reuters. With the capture of any of the 17 crew members was injured.
Over the past few weeks, attacks by pirates off the eastern African coast has increased despite the permanent presence in the fleet of foreign warships. By some accounts, now in the mercy of the pirates are more than 250 people.
Earlier it was reported that The Alliance extended a military operation against Somali pirates in Aden zalitse two months. As expected, in late April 2009 flotilla of four NATO ships to visit Paktistan, and then returned to the patrol area, where will be located up to 20 June.
Now patrolling the coastal waters of Somalia deal with warships of several countries including South Korea, Russia and Evrosoyuz.Napomnim that only since the beginning of 2009, Somali pirates attacked a few dozen ships. Some of them had been saved thanks to the efforts of the military.