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NEW YORK — A Somali suspect who became the boyish face of 21st century piracy by staging a brazen high-seas attack on a U.S.- flagged ship off the coast of Africa pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that he hijacked the ship and kidnapped its captain.
“I am very, very sorry about what we did,”Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse said through an interpreter. “All of this was about the problems in Somalia.”
He also pleaded guilty to hostage-taking and conspiracy in the attack on the Maersk Alabama on April 8, 2009. Sentencing was set for Oct. 19.
