Accused Somali pirate pleads guilty to murder of cruising sailors

10:42 PM Fri 20 May 2011 GMT

'Tragic ending - Quest under sail in the South Pacific, earlier in their ill-fated voyage' .

While the wider sailing community will remain sad and scarred by the deaths of four American cruising sailors at the hands of Somali pirates for some time to come, one chapter in the tragic tale appears to be nearing its end. A Somali man pleaded guilty Friday to charges of piracy and hostage taking of the yacht Quest off the coast of Oman in February in a hijacking that left the four Americans dead, and it is widely anticipated that the other pirates, fourteen Somalis and one Yemeni, will do the same.. By pleading guilty, Mohamud Hirs Issa Ali could ...

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