Somali pirates have attacked by mistake the command and refueling French military vessel sailing in the Indian Ocean. She is deployed in the region to support the European naval force, in combating piracy. After several exchanged gunfire shooting, the attackers fled the attack area, but one boat was tracked by the battle ship for one hour, and fell on the "mother ship" of the attackers. The French seamen have captured “six alleged hijackers, fuel and equipment that is clearly anything but not for fishing" reported the deputy spokesman of the army.
This is the second time that the Command ship is targeted in this region. A previous attack in October 2009 had resulted in the arrest of five criminals. "The Ship looks strangely like a merchant one, so we believe that the attackers acted again by mistake”, said Colonel Steiger.