India charges Italian marines with murder of fishermen

Indian police have charged two Italian marines with the murder of two Indian fishermen.

The marines are accused of shooting the two fishermen dead in February after allegedly mistaking them for pirates.

Italy has recalled its ambassador for consultations. It says the incident took place in international waters and that the men should be tried in Italy.

The marines were guarding an Italian oil tanker off India's south-western coast when the incident occurred.

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Nine Pakistanis among 12 hostages freed from Somali pirates

The Danish Navy on Thursday said it had stopped a pirate ship off the Somali coast, rescuing 12 hostages, nine of them Pakistanis, and arresting their 16 captors.

“The Danish warship Absalon yesterday (Wednesday) stopped a pirate mother-ship. Sixteen suspected pirates have been arrested. Twelve hostages from Pakistan and Iran have been rescued,” the navy said in a statement. “No one was injured during the operation,” navy spokesman Mikael Bill told AFP, adding that nine of the hostages were Pakistani and three were Iranian and that they had been held by the suspected pirates for about a month.

“They were being held on their own boat,” a fishing vessel, which the pirates had hijacked and used to attack other ships, Bill explained. 


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