More Helicopters Over Somalia

More helicopter action over Somalia where apparently no one can identify the owner, as reported here.

The European Union's anti-piracy mission on Monday denied that one of its helicopters was involved in a clash with Somali pirates in which four people were killed.

Residents in the village of Labad on Somalia's northern coast said pirates had shot at a military helicopter on Sunday night, which returned fire killing at least four people.

"That helicopter does not belong to EU NAVFOR," Lieutenant Colonel Per Klingvall, spokesman for the EU naval force, told AFP.

"We have not heard of any incident like this from other task forces," he said, referring to US and NATO operations in the waters around the lawless Horn of Africa country.

Abdi Yare, a pirate leader, said the helicopter fired one missile in response to the shooting, killing four people including fishermen.

The incident was confirmed to AFP by elders in Labad.

I am not really sure where Labad is, as I have never heard of that village. If it wasn't the US or Europeans, then who was it? As an anti-piracy action, this was probably a Pacific region nation or perhaps Russia? Australia maybe?