Nine pirates arrested by the US Navy after being thwarted by crew of a German boxship in a hijacking attempt last month have been handed over to Kenya to face prosecution.
The fate of the nine Somalis who boarded the 735-teu Magellan Star (built 2002) in the Gulf of Aden is in the balance, however, after Kenya recently claimed to have shut the doors of its courts to pirate trials.
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