The U.S. Navy says a Danish ship has stopped pirates from hijacking a Chinese ship in the Gulf of Aden, AP reported. Cmdr. Jane Campbell, a spokeswoman for 5th Fleet, says the Danish ship HDMS Absalon received a distress signal from the Yandanghai on Wednesday. Danish sailors found a skiff with seven suspected pirates, armed with a rocket-propelled grenade, four AK-47 assault rifles, two grenades and a knife. Campbell said the suspected pirates were disarmed, but not detained. The Navy said the Chinese sailors fended off the pirates by using their fire hoses. Absolon is part of a U.S.-led task force, set up last month to combat piracy along the lawless coast of Somalia.
