Update: Eleven (11) more 'suspected' pirates of Somali origin are intercepted not too far from Marianne Island. Total 'suspected' pirates in Seychellois custody now stands at twenty (20). It is understood that the Seychelles Government privately has said that they would wish to exchange the suspected pirates for the Seychellois currently being held hostage by the Somali 'pirates'. Little progress in the meantime is being made with those 'suspects' in Seychellois custody and confirming their identity or what they were doing prior to being captured by the Spanish Navy. Next month with the change in the winds and season mother nature will come to the rescue of the Seychelles Coast Guard making it highly improbable that 'pirates' from the Somali coast will be able to operate on the seas so close to the Seychelles.
QUESTION BEGGING TO BE ASKED?
It is understood that the 'pirates' utilise many tactics on the open seas to target and later attack their victims. Is it not now possible to think that perhaps some of them ('pirates') are not in fact using remote islands within the Seychelles as 'bases' primarily for shelter as they make their way back to the Somali coast?
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