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Pirate trial reveals brutality on high seas

Three Somalis are on trial for piracy in Norfolk, Virginia, the home of the US Navy’s Atlantic fleet.Abukar Osman Beyle sat in a federal courtroom in Norfolk on a recent summer morning. The place was quiet, except for a jingle of keys and jewellery as men and women, all potential jurors, filed through a doorway.
Pirates keep watch on the Somali coast. Net photo.
Pirates keep watch on the Somali coast. Net photo.
Quartz