Cruise ship fends off pirate attack with gunfire

Posted by Alli Lewis

I didn't think this ordeal with the pirates would spread and get so large, but it appears they're back yet again. This time an Italian cruise ship with 1,500 people had to fight off pirates off the coast of Somalia. Fire was opened at the cruise ship and they fired right back, eventually chasing off the pirates successfully. During the exchange, none of the passengers or crew members of the liner were injured.

Of course this is not the first attack of its kind--in December, pirates opened fire on a U.S.-operated ship full of tourists where they were lucky enough to outrun the attackers and once more in early April when a tourist yacht was hijacked by Somali pirates.