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Cruise travel news: Somali Scum tried to Capture More than 1,000 British tourists on a round-the-world cruise, the Balmoral passengers were ushered to safety amid fears their ship was being followed by Somali pirates..

Early last year the Balmoral was hit with a sickness bug that incapacitated over 300 passengers, does this mean the Balmoral is Jinxed maybe..

A spokeswoman for Fred Olsen Cruise Lines said that the Balmoral made emergency calls Wednesday after two small craft were picked up on radar in the notorious waters off Somalia closing at high speed.

However, she emphasized that at no time was the vessel “under attack”, and there were no visual sightings of “armed pirates.”

“Searchlights were directed at the approaching craft and flares used to indicate that it had been observed,” the company said in a statement..

Its about time merchant ships were armed and have the legal right to open fire on what are really just scum of the earth..