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205903
Thu, 09/08/2011 - 05:54
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Appeals court upholds life imprisonment for Somali pirate
BUSAN, Sept. 8 (Yonhap) -- A Busan appeals court on Thursday sentenced a Somali pirate to life in prison after he was convicted of hijacking a South Korean ship and shooting its captain earlier this year, upholding a lower court ruling.
Mahomed Arai, 23, received the same sentence from the Busan District Court in May for attempting to murder the ship's Korean captain, Seok Hae-kyun.
Arai was one of five pirates captured during a Jan. 21 commando operation by South Korea's Navy to rescue the South Korean chemical carrier, the Samho Jewelry, in the Arabian Sea. Eight other pirates were killed in the operation.
The captured pirates were brought to Busan, the home port of the Samho Jewelry, for trial. The ship's captain was seriously wounded by shots apparently fired by one of the pirates during the raid but the ship's 21 other crew members, eight of them South Korean, were rescued unharmed.
Mahomed Arai, 23, received the same sentence from the Busan District Court in May for attempting to murder the ship's Korean captain, Seok Hae-kyun.
Arai was one of five pirates captured during a Jan. 21 commando operation by South Korea's Navy to rescue the South Korean chemical carrier, the Samho Jewelry, in the Arabian Sea. Eight other pirates were killed in the operation.
The captured pirates were brought to Busan, the home port of the Samho Jewelry, for trial. The ship's captain was seriously wounded by shots apparently fired by one of the pirates during the raid but the ship's 21 other crew members, eight of them South Korean, were rescued unharmed.
