Speed up Italian case

India’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the government to decide within a week whether it will invoke a severe anti-piracy law against two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen.

India court tells govt to speed up Italian case

Associated Press

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the government to decide within a week whether it will invoke a severe anti-piracy law against two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen.

The marines were part of a military security team on a cargo ship in 2012 when they fired at the fishermen, saying they mistook them for pirates.

India’s Home Ministry has entrusted the probe to an anti-terror agency. Italy has said the case should be investigated by police and raised objections to the agency’s plan to invoke maritime laws, which carry a maximum penalty of death.

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Source: AP.