Three children are among seven Danes who have been kidnapped by pirates in the Indian Ocean, Danish officials said Monday.
The youths, ages 12 to 16, were taken captive along with their parents and two other adults on board a sailing vessel that put out a distress call Thursday, the Danish Foreign Ministry said. Media reports said the ship was on its way to Somalia, but the purpose of the voyage was unclear.
It's believed to be the first time that children have been victims in the spate of hostage-taking bedeviling the waters off eastern Africa. Lene Espersen, Denmark's foreign minister, said officials were in close contact with the victims' families.
Note EU-Digest: One wonders if the time has not come to not only patrol the Indian Ocean, which given the above apparently is not working too well, but also to destroy the Somali Pirate bases on land?
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