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A former Somali police officer was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for his role as a leader in the hijacking of a yacht that left all four Americans on board dead.
Mohamud Hirs Issa Ali was the commander of a band of 19 pirates that hijacked the 58-foot Quest in February, several hundred miles south of Oman. The pirates intended to negotiate a ransom payment, but the four Americans were shot to death several days later. The trial was held in Norfolk, Va.
