EU NavFor tackles pirates off African coast after they hold Britons

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EU NAVY SAYS SPOTTED YACHT CLOSE TO SOMALI COAST

By Abdi Guled

MOGADISHU, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Somali pirates said on Tuesday they had seized a yacht in the Indian Ocean with a British couple aboard and were taking the vessel to the Horn of Africa nation with a view to demanding a ransom.

The European Union counter-piracy force operating in the Indian Ocean said it had spotted a yacht 200 nautical miles (370 km) from the Somali coast and they were trying to establish if it was the vessel that sent out a distress call early on Friday.

"What we can't confirm is if it is the same sailing yacht which we are looking for. That needs further investigation. The reason is that it is dark in the area," Lieutenant Commander Daniel Auwermann, spokesman for EU Navfor told Reuters.

The Seychelles coastguard said it dispatched aircraft to search for the yacht after receiving a distress signal on Friday and that naval forces from the NATO alliance, European Union and United States, among others, had joined the search.

EU Navy says spotted yacht close to Somali coast
Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:22pm EDT

RUSSELS, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The European Union counter piracy force said on Tuesday it had spotted a yacht close to the region where pirates earlier said they had seized a yacht crewed by two Britons, but the vessel's identity was not yet clear.

"I can confirm at present that a EU Navfor helicopter spotted a sailing yacht in the line between the distress call and the Somali costline and this yacht is now 200 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia," Lieutenant Commander Daniel Auwermann, spokesman for EU Navfor told Reuters.

"What we can't confirm is if it is the same sailing yacht which we are looking for. That needs further investivation, the reason is that it is dark in the area," he said. (Reporting by Bate Felix, Editing by Peter Harrison)

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