EU navy, helicopters strike pirate supply center


May 15, 2012 at 3:33p.m.

EU navy, helicopters strike pirate supply center

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — European Union naval forces and attack helicopters conducted their first onshore raid on a suspected pirate lair in Somalia today. A pirate said the strike destroyed a supply center and set back their operations. No deaths were reported in this morning’s attack on Handulle village, about 18 kilometers (11 miles) north of Haradhere town, a key pirate lair.