US Sailboat Taken Hostage by Pirates

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Somali pirates avoid the death penalty after killing four innocent Americans on sailing trip off coast of Africa
Associated Press
PUBLISHED: 16:52 EST, 2 August 2013 | UPDATED: 16:56 EST, 2 August 2013


”A jury recommended Friday that three Somali pirates be sentenced to life in prison in the slayings of four Americans aboard their yacht off the coast of Africa.

Prosecutors had sought the death penalty, but a federal jury in Norfolk, Va., recommended the only other possible sentence for Ahmed Muse Salad, Abukar Osman Beyle and Shani Nurani Shiekh Abrar. Formal sentencing will be this fall.

The three men were among 19 who boarded the Quest in February 2011 in hopes of taking the Americans back to Somalia and ransoming them for millions of dollars. The plan fell apart when the U.S. Navy began shadowing the sailing vessel.”

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