“Sensitive cargo” thought to include weapons is onboard a Danish ship attacked and presumed hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean.



A warship is steaming towards the 1,780-dwt Leopard (built 1989) which is thought to be under pirate control as its six crew members remain out of contact.



Informed sources describe the situation involving the Denmark-flagged general cargoship which was attacked east of the Gulf of Aden and south of Oman on Wednesday as “ongoing”.