Germany abandons hijacked Hansa Stavanger rescue mission

David Osler - Friday 19 June 2009

GERMANY sent 200 crack anti-terror police to the Horn of Africa last month in an attempt to rescue a German-owned containership hijacked by Somali pirates, but abandoned the mission for fear of triggering a bloodbath, writes David Olser

The Liberia-flagged, 1997-built, 1,550 teu Hansa Stavanger