Belgian navy sailors terrorised coast in Spain

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The Belgian Ministry of Defence issued an apology to the Spanish government after it was found that its sailors caused havoc in waters close to a popular holiday beach in northwest Spain.

The Belgian Ministry of Defence has issued an apology to the Spanish government after it was established that Belgian sailors from the mine-sweeper Lobelia caused havoc in waters close to a popular holiday beach.

The Spanish daily Faro de Vigo reported that Belgian sailors from the Lobelia sailed into an area reserved for swimmers aboard high-speed dinghies in Vigo in Northwest Spain .

Terrified bathers tried to flee the big waves that were produced by the boats.

La Voz de Gallicia wrote that the police were called in and it was only two hours later when a Spanish Civil Guard boat arrived on the scene that the errant seafarers were forced ashore.

Five of the 15 sailors involved in the incident are reported to be Belgian, seven are Dutch and three are British sailors from HMS Quorn.

Belgian Defence spokeswoman Ingrid Baeck told Het Laatste Nieuws that the swimmers panicked when they saw the boats.

Baeck added the local media had greatly exaggerated the gravity of the incident. She also denied that the offending sailors were drunk.

It is assumed that these rogue EUNAVFOR sailors were on a special training assignment for a coming operation in Somalia.
So far no apology has come forward from the Netherlands, the UK or EUNAVFOR headquarters.

Spanish environmental and civil rights groups have come together now to stop any such naval operations in Spanish waters.

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