Replying to Real life pirates killing thousands in africa Interesting

So last week i heard something on the news about pirates in Somalia hijacking a ukranian warship and stealing 33 german military tanks, so i looked it up to find out more and learned some crazy stuff. Somalian Pirates hijack almost 100 boats per year. They throw the crews and anyone on board into the water to drown. In 2007, 1400 people were missing or dead after setting off into the gulf of Aden (The most dangerous stretch of water in the world, and the home of the somalian pirates). There is a large unknown mothership that was last spotted in 2005, this mothership sends out smaller faster boats that do the hijacking. Pirates hold anyone they decide to keep, as hostages, hoping for ransom. If no ransom comes or comes too slow, the pirates will just kill all their hostages and keep the boat and cargo for themselves.


Check out the cool pictures


The remains of a hijacked boat


Pirates heading out


hijacked yacht


Larger picture of the hijacked yacht, u can see a medium sized pirate boat in the background


UN's response