Video: Pirate Ship Intercepted By Indian Navy, Bullets Fired At Chopper

The Navy said it is now acting in self-defence and has called on the pirates to surrender and release any hostages they may be holding.

A video shared by the Indian Navy shows a Somali pirate firing at a Navy chopper as it approached a hijacked ship on Friday. The Malta-flagged bulk cargo vessel, ex-MV Ruen, was hijacked by pirates on December 14 and was used to conduct "acts of piracy", the Navy said. #IndianNavy thwarts designs of Somali pirates to hijack ships plying through the region by intercepting ex-MV Ruen.The ex-MV Ruen, which had been hijacked by Somali pirates on #14Dec 23, was reported to have sailed out as a pirate ship towards conducting acts of #piracy on high… pic.twitter.com/gOtQJvNpZb

After an Indian Navy warship intercepted the hijacked vessel, the pirates opened fire. The eight-second clip shows a pirate walk onto the deck of the ship and aim his gun at the chopper hovering over the hijacked vessel and fire twice.

"#IndianNavy thwarts designs of Somali pirates to hijack ships plying through the region by intercepting ex-MV Ruen. The ex-MV Ruen, which had been hijacked by Somali pirates on #14Dec 23, was reported to have sailed out as a pirate ship towards conducting acts of #piracy on high seas," it said in a statement.