Somali pirates sit behind bars at the courtroom of
a state security court in Sanaa September 29, 2009
Tue May 18, 9:30 am ET, DUBAI: For hijacking a Yemeni oil tanker in April 2009, killing one Yemeni crew member and leaving another missing a Yemeni court sentenced six Somali pirates to death, the Defense Ministry informed Tuesday. Six other pirates were also 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. 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. In recent days, heavily armed Somali pirates have made tens of millions of dollars in ransoms by hijacking ships in the Indian Ocean and the strategic Gulf of Aden, through which an estimated 7 percent of world oil consumption passes.
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 ($9,200) (US$ 1=217.00 Yemen Riyal). The Defense Ministry's online newspaper said the court would require Masafi Aden to pay a certain portion of the reparations to the Yemeni victims' families.
Somali piracy attacks have been on the rise in recent months, naval officials say, and their range is widening as pirates adapt to international efforts to thwart them.
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 ($9,200) (US$ 1=217.00 Yemen Riyal). The Defense Ministry's online newspaper said the court would require Masafi Aden to pay a certain portion of the reparations to the Yemeni victims' families.
Somali piracy attacks have been on the rise in recent months, naval officials say, and their range is widening as pirates adapt to international efforts to thwart them.
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