On Thursday, the Navy of Denmark said that one of its frigates that had set sail on its international anti-piracy mission off West Africa had taken the lives of four suspected pirates. The incident also injured one during a gunfire exchange.
The frigate HDMS Esbern Snare started preparing on the basis of information received regarding a vessel approaching commercial ships in the Gulf of Guinea off Nigeria.
The frigate promptly dispatched a Seahawk helicopter. Those in the helicopter observed...