Swedish corvette captured seven Somali pirates.

SyuzhetyVoennaya operation against Somali pirates piratov14.05.2009Somaliyskih caught using vertoletovKorabl Navy Sweden "Malmö", patrolling the Gulf of Aden waters, captured seven of Somali pirates who tried to seize a Greek merchant ship "Antonis" transfer agency AFP.

The incident occurred at night on Tuesday, 26 May. Corvette "Malmö" received a distress signal from a Greek ship that attacked the pirates who used hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers.

When "Malmö", arrived on the scene, the pirates attempted to board a Greek ship. At corvette fired shots into the air from heavy machine guns to scare the attackers, had been engaged by snipers.

At the same time, the special team under cover of darkness, landed with a corvette and the fishing boat seized by pirates. A seven pirates seized two pistols, GPS navigator and abordazhnuyu ladder.

"Malmo" takes the pirates on a French military base in Djibouti, where the European Command operations "Atalanta," against piracy in the Gulf of Aden, will decide their fate.

According to the AFP, in the EU operations "Atalanta" Gulf of Aden to patrol May 15, three Swedish Navy corvette on board which is 152 people.