Maersk Alabama pirate gets 33-year term from New York court

A SOMALI pirate who was taken by the US Navy in April 2009 after hijacking the US-flagged Maersk Alabama and holding its captain hostage was sentenced to 33 years in prison in a New York court.


Abdulwali Muse pleaded guilty to being part of a pirate crew that took over the 1,092-TEU Maersk Alabama in the Indian Ocean and held Capt Richard Phillips hostage for five days, reported American Shipper.


US Navy snipers shot dead the pirate guards who were holding Captain Phillips during the course of the rescue from a life boat.
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