Saturday, 17 March 2012
Italian ship Enrica Lexie cannot be allowed to leave: Kerala
KOCHI: The Kerala government
told the Kerala
High Court on Thursday
that the Italian vessel Enrica
Lexie, berthed off the
coast, should not be allowed
to leave as the investigation
into two Italian marines
shooting dead two Indian
fi shermen was on.
The Italian marines,
Latorre Massimillano and
Salvatore Girone, have been
charged with shooting dead
Ajesh Binki (25), and Gelastine
(45), on February
15 mistaking them to be pirates.
The two marines were
arrested on February 20.
Since last Monday they are
lodged at the Central Prison
in the state capital.
The two Italian marines
listed as accused in the case,
are now lodged in the central
prison in Thiruvananthapuram.
Counsel for the
state was appearing in the
case where the Italians have
urged quashing of the FIR
against them accusing them
of shooting dead the two
fi shermen. They told the
court that the investigation
is still on and hence the ship
should not be allowed to sail
as it would hinder the investigation.
The Kerala Police
had seized the weapons that
were used for shooting the
fi shermen and the ballistic
investigations are also going
in the state capital. The
court posted the case for further
hearing for March 21.
A high level delegation
comprising of Deputy Italian
Foreign Minister Staffan
de Mistura after a long stay
in the state capital, left for
Delhi on Wednesday.
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We can logically eliminate some of the choices from your statements. The news mentioned that your country navy did shoot the fishermen assuming that they were pirates. Question remains if they did correct rules of engagement as per international norms. Whether they fired warning shots and if they positively identified them as pirates. When I saw how other merchant ships secure their ships from pirates, they use water cannon to spray on the pirates trying to board the ship. The water cannon speed would propel them out of the ship thereby safegurading it.
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