For hijacking the SV Quest
A pair of Somali men are set to be sentenced to life in prison for their roles in the hijacking of a yacht that left all four Americans on board dead.
Mohamud Hirs Issa Ali and Jilani Abdiali each have sentencing hearings Thursday in federal court. They are among 11 men who have pleaded guilty to piracy for the February hijacking of the yacht Quest. Three others who prosecutors said were the triggermen face murder charges, among others.
The owners of the Quest, Jean and Scott Adam of Marina del Rey, Calif., along with friends Bob Riggle and Phyllis Macay of Seattle, were shot to death after being taken hostage several hundred miles south of Oman.
Source: AP