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   A Danish naval patrol killed four pirates in an exchange of fire   
   in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of Nigeria, Denmark's armed   
   forces said on Thursday.   
      
   "No Danish soldiers were injured, but five pirates were shot,"   
   the military said.   
      
   "Four of the pirates died. One was injured," it added.   
      
   The incident occurred on Wednesday when the frigate Esbern   
   Snare, which has been patrolling the area since early November,   
   attempted to board the pirate boat.   
      
   The Danish forces fired warning shots, and the pirates   
   immediately fired back.   
      
   "The Danish soldiers acted in self-defence and returned fire,"   
   the statement said.   
      
   Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told a news conference   
   that the soldiers' intervention had "probably prevented concrete   
   pirate attacks against vessels in the region."   
      
   Frederiksen, who had been scheduled to visit the Danish ship   
   later Thursday during a visit to Ghana, said the Esbern Snare   
   had "made an important and significant contribution to security   
   in the Gulf of Guinea.   
      
   The head of the federation of Danish shipowners, Anne   
   Steffensen, praised the intervention.   
      
   "The presence of Danish soldiers is absolutely necessary and,   
   even if this appears harsh, piracy has a price," she said.   
      
   After the shooting, the pirate ship sank and the eight pirates   
   were brought aboard the frigate, where a seriously injured one   
   of their number was treated.   
      
   A piracy hotspot stretching 5,700 kilometres (3,540 miles) from   
   Senegal to Angola, the Gulf of Guinea saw 195 attacks in 2020.   
      
   The same year, 130 of 135 hostage takings at sea occurred in the   
   region, according to the International Maritime Office.   
      
   The Danish helicopter-equipped frigate and its 175 sailors "are   
   fulfilling an important task by protecting Danish and other   
   commercial vessels in the region," Defence Minister Trine   
   Bramsen told news agency Ritzau.   
      
   Copenhagen in March announced it was sending the vessel to   
   patrol the zone, where some 40 Danish ships operate daily.   
      
   Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is currently in   
   neighbouring Ghana and due to visit the Esbern Snare.   
      
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   https://news.yahoo.com/danish-forces-kill-four-pirates-   
   092125059.html   
      
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