印度海军官员说，他们在阿拉伯海与一艘遭劫持的渔船对峙之后拘留了16名索马里海盗。官员们星期一说，海军和海岸警卫队星期天在印度西南海岸近海的拉克沙德维普岛屿附近抓获了这些海盗。海军还救出了16名船员，此前海盗曾向他们的船开枪。
这伙海盗使用一艘劫持的伊朗渔船在阿拉伯海攻击其他船只。印度官员说，随着海盗在索马里沿海的活动向远洋移动，印度最近几个月已逮捕100多名海盗。
国际军事力量几年前开始在索马里沿海巡逻，试图制止索马里海盗的攻击行动。这些攻击已经给海盗带来数亿美元赎金。
Indian navy officials say they have detained 16 Somali pirates after a confrontation with a hijacked fishing boat in the Arabian Sea. Officials said Monday the navy and coast guard captured the pirates on Sunday near the Lakshadweep islands off India’s southwestern coast. The navy also rescued 16 crew members after the pirates fired upon their ship.
The pirates were using a hijacked Iranian fishing boat to attack other ships in the Arabian Sea. Indian officials say they have arrested more than 100 pirates in recent months, as pirates move farther away from operations along the Somali coast.
International forces began patrolling the Somali coast a few years ago, trying to stop the attacks that have brought in hundreds of millions of dollars in ransom for Somali pirates.