U.S. Navy helps crew rebuff pirates
A U.S. Navy destroyer helped sailors who retook control of their North Korean-flagged vessel from pirates off Somalia, the American military said.
A helicopter flew from the James E. Williams to investigate a phone tip and demanded by bridge-to-bridge radio that the pirates give up their weapons, the military said in a statement.
The crew of the Dai Hong Dan then overwhelmed the hijackers, leaving two pirates dead, according to preliminary reports, and five captured, the military said.
Three seriously injured crew members were brought aboard the Williams, the statement said. The pirates remained on the Dai Hong Dan, which was returning to the port of Mogadishu.
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