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14 Indicted In Somali Pirate Attack on American Yacht

   Jim Malone  March 10, 2011
   A man jogs past the Del Rey Yacht Club where Jean and Scott Adams, two
   of the four Americans killed by Somali pirates, were members in Marina
   Del Rey, California (File)

Photo: REUTERS

   A man jogs past the Del Rey Yacht Club where Jean and Scott Adams, two
   of the four Americans killed by Somali pirates, were members in Marina
   Del Rey, California (File)

   The  U.S. Justice Department says a federal grand jury has indicted 13
   suspected pirates from Somalia and one from Yemen for a February yacht
   hijacking in which four Americans were killed.
   The  indictment,  filed Thursday in a U.S. District Court in Virginia,
   charges  the  14  men with piracy, conspiracy to commit kidnapping and
   the use of firearms during a crime.   Â
   They  are scheduled to make their initial court appearance Thursday in
   Norfolk, Virginia.  Â
   The Americans (Jean and Scott Adam, Bob Riggle and Phyllis Macay) were
   taken  hostage  south  of Oman in the Arabian Sea.  The military says
   U.S.  Navy  ships responded and were negotiating with the captors when
   the pirates shot and killed the Americans.  U.S. forces then captured
   the pirates.
   This  is  the first time Americans were killed in a wave of hijackings
   by Somali pirates in recent years.
   The  European  Union's  anti-piracy  task  force  says the pirates are
   currently holding at least 30 vessels and more than 650 hostages.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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