Fighting erupts among rival Somali pirates


Fighting Somalia Piracy Onshore and OffUPI: MOGADISHU-Pirates fired on each other on land on the Somali coast Monday, killing at least one person and wounding many others, residents near the fighting said.


“We woke up this morning hearing the barrage of bullets and sounds of artillery fire exchanging between two groups of Somali pirates,” one resident told Shabelle.

Officials said calm had been restored in Hobyo, believed to be a pirate hideout.

Somali pirates have attacked hundreds of ships traveling in the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean.

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