14 Somali Pirates Killed as Turkish Commandos Storm Hijacked Ship

Turkish commandos, backed by Somali forces, have retaken the hijacked cargo ship Lutuf after a 10-day operation that left 14 Somali pirates dead and four of their boats destroyed. The vessel, seized on August 17 while en route to Turkey’s TURKSOM Military Base in Somalia, was freed on August 29 following a refusal to pay the pirates’ ransom demands, which had dropped from $10 million to $2 million. The 1,400-dwt Lutuf, built in 1995 and flagged in Cameroon, was boarded by eight pirates approximately 4.5 nautical miles south of Maraya…

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