YEMEN COURT SENTENCES SIX SOMALI PIRATES TO DEATH
a Yemeni court sentenced six Somali pirates to death for hijacking a Yemeni oil tanker that departed from Al-Mukalla port and killing two cabin crew on April 26, 2009.
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a Yemeni court sentenced six Somali pirates to death for hijacking a Yemeni oil tanker that departed from Al-Mukalla port and killing two cabin crew on April 26, 2009. Yemeni forces recovered the ship the following day after a gunfight with the pirates. The unidentified defendants are aged between 18 and 47 and have demanded the right to appeal the sentence.
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- (Sources: Agence France Presse, 18/05/2010)
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