A recently uploaded on YouTube video shows the deadly fight between Somali pirates and a private security guard on board a cargo ship. when pirates were trying to board the ship.
The video was posted on the Internet on April 20th and, according to Daily Mail, it is believed to have come from a piracy attempt in the Indian Ocean in 2012. Within these couple days, the video has become very popular reaching than eleven million views.
At the beginning of the video there is the speedboat that the merchant ship approaches. One of the men of the private security company, above the ship, is starting to fire to the pirates giving them warning. The speedboat is approaching the cargo ship, the shots from the private guard man continue and finally leave. Then, a second speedboat with pirates appears on the horizon and armed guards continue to throw bullets. Eventually both boats retreat.