Mohamed Araye（穆罕默德.阿雷耶）因劫持韩国一化学品船并向船长开枪，企图谋杀，日前在韩国开庭被判无期徒刑并将在韩国服刑。他同时被判有劫持人质和海上抢劫的罪名。

　　这是韩国第一次对海盗进行开庭审判，被捕的其余四人中两人被判有期徒刑13年监禁，一人被判15年监禁，剩下的一名海盗罪名及量刑正在审理尚未公布。

　　今年1月15日，一群索马里海盗在阿拉伯海域劫持了一韩国化学品船Samho Jewelry（19,900载重吨），并袭击了船上的船员。

　　求救发出的一周后韩国突击队员赶到并突击夺回了船舶，击毙8名索马里海盗，当场逮捕5名。

　　Mohamed Araye（穆罕默德.阿雷耶）在突击队员进攻时以船长为人质并开枪射击了船长腹部，后者经抢救后幸免于难。　

　　这次判刑或将对索马里海盗再企图劫持韩国船舶时起威慑警示作用。

　　A man guilty of shooting the captain of a hijacked vessel has been sentenced to spend his life in a South Korean jail.

　　But it could have much worse for the Somali rogue as the prosecution had demanded the death penalty.

　　In the first pirate trial to be held in South Korea, Mohamed Araye, 21, was found guilty of attempting to murder Captain Seok Hae-Kyun.

　　He was also convicted of hostage taking and maritime robbery.

　　Two other men were each handed 13-years in jail while another man was given a 15-year sentence. A fifth man is being tried separately.

　　The five Somalis were part of a gang that swooped for the 19,900-dwt chemical tanker Samho Jewelry (built 2001) in the Arabian Sea on 15 January.

　　Korean commandos stormed the vessel a week later, killing eight pirates and capturing five.

　　Araye shot the captain in the stomach when the commandos launched their attack.

　　He survived but is still recovering from his wounds in hospital.

　　Pirates targeting Korean vessels in the seas off Somalia may want to think again.