A court in The Hague on Wednesday
officially closed the case of two Italian marines accused of
killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala in 2012 whose
jurisdiction had been disputed by Italy and India.
Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone shot the fishermen
while on an anti-piracy mission on board the merchantman Enrica
Lexie after mistaking them for pirates of southern India.
The closure of the case was decided after India obtained
assurances that from Italy that a case is ongoing against the
pair in Italy, under the provisions of a July 2020 ruling by the
court of arbitration.
The ruling gave jurisdiction in the case to the Italian
judiciary, removing the two marines from the purview of the
Indian magistrature.
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