THE HAGUE, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The 10 Somali pirates arrested by the Dutch Navy are on their way to the Netherlands, pending their deportation to Germany to face prosecution, the Dutch Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
In a statement, the ministry said the pirates will be transferred by a Dutch aircraft to Eindhoven Airport in southern Holland. Later, the court and prosecution offices in Amsterdam will extradite them to Germany.
The 10 pirates hijacked a German merchant ship last week, but a crew of the Dutch marines boarded the ship and arrested them.
According to the Dutch defense ministry, the Dutch Navy arrested 42 pirates off the coast of Somalia last month, but they were all set free after being disarmed as no country was willing to take legal action against them.
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