Fourteen Pakistanis were among those rescued by the British Royal Navy from Somali pirates on Sunday, a private TV channel reported. A Pakistani fishing trawler, which had been taken over by a group of Somali pirates earlier this week, was rescued near the Coast of Somalia.
The statement released by the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), suggested that "it became evident that the Pakistani crew were being held against their will by the Somalis, whose weapons were then seized and destroyed".