The captain of an Italian cruise ship carrying more than 1,500 people, including 74 Australians, whose Israeli security guards fought off marauding Somali pirates, said on Sunday the attack had felt like "war".The cruise liner Melody continued its trip on Sunday toward the Jordanian port of Aqaba while Somali pirates seized a Yemeni oil tanker after a clash in which two raiders were killed, according to Yemeni authorities.Ciro Pinto, captain of the Melody, said one passenger and one crew member were injured by broken glass from windows shattered by gunfire as the pirates closed on the white-hulled vessel and opened fire late on Saturday."It was as if we were at war," Pinto told Italy's ANSA national news agency as he described the clash in which his ship - carrying 991 passengers and 536 crew - sustained smashed windows and bullet holes in the hull and a lifeboat.Six men on a speedboat and armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles attacked the cruise ship, Pinto said."After four or five minutes, they tried to put a ladder on the bow," Pinto said.
However, security guards on the ship "opened fire, and when they saw we were shooting, they abandoned their effort and went away"...more..http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/806431/somali-pirate-attack-was-like-war
However, security guards on the ship "opened fire, and when they saw we were shooting, they abandoned their effort and went away"...more..http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/806431/somali-pirate-attack-was-like-war
Aussies under fire in pirate shoot-out
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