**A group of Somali pirates has been captured after attacking a French warship by mistake, apparently thinking it was a harmless cargo vessel.**French military spokesman Christophe Prazuck said the pirates attacked in skiffs late at night some 500km (310 miles) off the Somali coast.
But the command and supply ship, the Somme, repelled the attack and chased the pirates, capturing five of them.
Somalia has no effective government and pirates operate almost with impunity.