NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A U.S. military spokesman says the military is working with the FBI and the Justice Department to determine where 15 pirate suspects involved in the hijacking of a yacht with four Americans onboard will go next.
Bob Prucha, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command in Florida, said Wednesday he couldn’t rule out the possibility the pirates will be brought to the U.S. to stand trial. A pirate was sentenced in a New York court last week for the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama.
On Tuesday a pirate aboard the hijacked yacht Quest fired a rocket propelled grenade at a U.S. warship, then gunfire broke out. The four American hostages were killed.
Fifteen pirates were detained and are on board the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise.
