European Union Navy Sea Somali Pirates Attack Base

said in a statement Tuesday that initial reports indicated no residents were injured in the attack Somalia focused, precise and proportional to the pirates on the coast of Somalia. The exact location or shape of the target is not mentioned.

The air strike was the first by a European Union naval forces since they were authorized in March for the hijackers who attacked the equipment is stored on land. Until Tuesday, the European Union's naval forces to attack only in the territorial waters of Somalia.

European Union Navy said the attack was the full support Somalia's transitional government and the European Union ground forces were not involved in the operation.

Nine warships and five naval vessels currently a part of the European Union Navy, which is part of a comprehensive approach to combating piracy in the Horn of Africa.