Three more men were captured during the incident on Tuesday, Somalian reports said, and Gar’aad district commissioner Abdikarin Keytun was quoted as saying two crew had been killed.
But a spokesman for the owner, Azal Shipping of Dubai, said the crew had been ashore for many months and were not involved in the fighting.
The Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) clashed with the pirates after they tried to resupply colleagues on the ship, which is said to be hard aground.
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