Somalis Face First German Piracy Trial in 4 Centuries
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Ten Somalis were accused by prosecutors of attacking the ship Taipan on the Indian Ocean, in Germany’s first piracy trial in four centuries.
The men captured the German container vessel, which was 530 nautical miles east of the horn of Africa, prosecutor Friederike Dopke told the court in Hamburg. They planned to kidnap the crew and seek a ransom, she said.