SOMALI PIRATES GET LIFE FOR KILLING US CITIZENS

VICTIMS

A PAIR of pirates who were part of a botched attempted ransom that left four US citizens dead, have been sentenced to life in prison.  

Somali's, Ali Abdi Mohamed, 30, and Burhan Yusuf, 31 admitted that they had been trawling the high seas looking for vessels to snatch and people to ransom when they came across the S/V Quest,  a small yacht carrying two US couples.

PIRATES PLEAD GUILTY TO AMERICAN DEATHS

AVAST YE. The Somalian pirates who shot and killed American's in a deadly high-seas attack have pleaded guilty to the killings. 
But although they sent their innocent victims to Davy Jones' locker, they themselves are more likely to serve long sentences for the murders.  In February, the four Americans were on a yacht in the waters off the Horn of Africa when more than a dozen Somali men and one Yemeni hijacked their vessel. 
But in the midst of negotiations for their release some the hijackers