U.S. Navy Rescues South Korean Fishing Boats Held Hostage by Pirates

Tanzanian-flagged fishing trawlers Mavuno I and Mavuno II rendezvous with a U.S. Navy ship after being released from pirate control off the east coast of Somalia. The Navy will provide escort and humanitarian assistance to the crews. U.S. Navy photo by Intelligence Specialist 1st Class Edward L. Pruitt

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Somali pirates left two boats they had hijacked in the waters off the Horn of Africa, and the newly liberated vessels — and their crew of 24 — were under U.S. Navy escort on Sunday, the American military said.

A U.S. Navy ship and helicopter were guiding the Tanzanian-flagged boats Mavuno 1 and 2 further out to sea, where naval personnel will later board the vessels and treat crew members, said Cmdr. Lydia Robertson of the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain. The Navy is in radio contact with pirates aboard three other ships in the region, encouraging them also to leave those ships and sail back to Somalia, she told The Associated Press.

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