India has jurisdiction to try Italian marines for fishermen deaths: court
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Two Italian sailors charged with killing two Indian fishermen lost on Friday their Supreme Court bid to be tried on home soil, a victory for India in a diplomatic tussle over jurisdiction that has strained ties between the countries. The sailors, members of a military security team protecting a cargo ship, Enrica Lexie, say they mistook the fishermen for pirates off the southern Indian state of Kerala in February 2012. The Supreme Court ruled that a special court should be set up to try the marines, lawyers who attended the hearing told reporters afterwards. ...
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