Monday : Pirates had held Greek ship and its load of iron for nearly a month . French police tracked pirates overnight after they attacked a Greek ship . He is a pirate leader based Gara'ad in Puntland , a semi-autonomous Somali region with a long coastline along the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden . Greek 35,000-ton bulk carrier and Lebanese - owned , French - flagged freighters seized . Tuesday : Attack Tuesday on the Liberty Sun was a response to the killing of pirates .
Monday : Pirates had held Greek ship and its load of iron for nearly a month . French police tracked pirates overnight after they attacked a Greek ship . Greek 35,000-ton bulk carrier and Lebanese - owned , French - flagged freighters seized . Tuesday : Attack Tuesday on the Liberty Sun was a response to the killing of pirates .