Yachties at risk as ISIS take to the sea

Rear Admiral Chris Parry said he feared the "super-rich" could be singled out as part of a piracy campaign that would threaten shipping from Gibraltar ...

LUXURY yachts and other shipping in the Mediterranean could come under attack from heavily armed Isis fighters using speedboats to conduct attacks from the Libyan coast, a former Royal Navy admiral warned this weekend.

Rear Admiral Chris Parry said he feared the "super-rich" could be singled out as part of a piracy campaign that would threaten shipping from Gibraltar to Greece.

"Yachting, any leisure activity, is going to be under threat," he said.

"If I were the likes of the super-rich I would be getting a bit concerned about my physical security."

Isis pirates would pose a greater danger than the Somalis who have attacked shipping in the Indian Ocean because they are better armed.

"You are going to get the turning up with surface to air missiles. Helicopters are going to come down if you are not careful," said Parry, adding that ISIS would have an "endless supply" of fighters and