
Somali
teenager ? caught by US forces who freed a US merchant ship captain from
Pirates last month was indicted Tuesday in
New York on piracy charges. The suspect,
Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse was charged in the grand jury indictment with "piracy as defined by the law of nations" in international
Water- off
Somali . The 10 count indictment, released by the federal prosecutor's office, also included charges of armed hijacking and holding hostage for ransom.
Pirates Muse is due to be arraigned in court on Thursday, prosecutors said. The teenager was captured last month at the en

d of a high-seas drama in which US
Navy snipers forces
Rescued 'killed
Split-Second Decision. three
: Somali Pirates' holding hostage the captain of the merchant
Ship They had earlier attempted to take control of the US-flagged ship but retreated to a lifeboat with the
.U.S. ship's captain,
HERO Richard Phillips Before the deadly
Navy SEALs' operation which freed
hero Phillips unharmed, Muse had gone aboard the naval ship USS Bainbridge, apparently to negotiate. After being flown to
New York he was charged on April 22 as an adult.
Judge Andrew Peck rejected a claim by the defendant's father that Muse was only 15 years old.
Prosecutors said he was over 18. He faces life in
jailed prison if found guilty.
Accused Somali pirate indicted in New York court
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