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LONDON — The crew of a Royal Navy vessel watched as a British couple was abducted by Somali pirates, unable to rescue them without endangering their lives, the British military said Friday.
As armed pirates boarded Paul and Rachel Chandler’s yacht Oct. 23, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment tanker Wave Knight was within view, carrying light arms and a crew of 75 merchant seamen and 25 navy sailors in the Indian Ocean, the Ministry of Defense said.
But the crew could not intervene without putting the Chandlers at further risk. Authorities think the Chandlers, who are in their 50s, are now being held on land in Somalia.
