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| Yemen court sentences six Somali pirates to death |
| 2010-05-19 |
| DUBAI - A court in Yemen sentenced six Somali pirates to death for hijacking a Yemeni oil tanker in April 2009, killing one Yemeni crew member and leaving another missing, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. Six other pirates were sentenced to 10 years in prison in the hijacking, which also wounded four crew members of the “Qana' ship that was heading to the port of Aden. Part of Tuesday's ruling by a criminal court requires the convicted pirates to pay the company that owns the hijacked vessel, Masafi Aden, a sum of 2 million Yemen riyals ($9,200). The Defence Ministry's online newspaper said the court would require Masafi Aden to pay a certain portion of the reparations to the Yemeni victims' families. |
| Posted by:Steve White |