South Koreans Charge Captured Somali Pirates
The BBC reports:
Prosecutors in South Korea have charged five Somali men suspected of being pirates with attempted murder.
The charge can carry a sentence of life in prison, or death; lesser charges such as maritime robbery were also brought against the men.
The Somalis were seized when South Korean special forces stormed a cargo ship that had been hijacked by pirates last month.
The ship's captain was shot during the rescue; eight pirates were killed.
The Busan prosecutor's office said that Captain Seok Hae-gyun had suffered a life-threatening wound from a pirate during the raid on the South Korean-owned Samho Jewelry on 15 January.
He is a serious but stable condition.
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