Four American hostages killed by pirates, US says

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 3:42 p.m.
NAIROBI, Kenya - Four Americans taken hostage by Somali pirates off East Africa were shot and killed by their captors Monday, the U.S. military said, marking the first time U.S. citizens have been killed in a wave of pirate attacks plaguing the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean for years.


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