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US Indicts Pirates for Deadly Yacht Attack
Fourteen suspected pirates from Somalia and Yemen were indicted by a U.S. federal grand jury in Virginia on Thursday in connection with the hijacking of a yacht last month that resulted in the deaths of four Americans. The Justice Department says 13 suspected pirates from Somalia and one from Yemen were indicted on a range of charges that include piracy, kidnapping and the use of firearms during a crime. If convicted, the suspects could be sentenced to life in prison. The indictment does not include murder charges against any of the suspected pirates. But it says that at least three of the defendants who were aboard the yacht shot and killed U.S. citizens. So...why no murder indictment? Posted by: tu3031 2011-03-10 |
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