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Indian courts extend home leave of talian marine accused of killing two fishermen

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano (R ) meets marines Salvatore Girone (centre L) and Massimiliano Latorre ( centre R )

By: Eastern Eye Staff

India’s Supreme Court has today extended the home leave of an Italian marine accused of killing two fishermen, the latest episode in a legal battle that sparked a bitter diplomatic row. Massimiliano Latorre and his fellow marine Salvatore Girone are accused of shooting the fishermen while protecting an Italian oil tanker as part of an anti-piracy mission off India’s southern Kerala coast in 2012. The incident, which is now subject to international arbitration, has badly strained relations between Rome and New Delhi. Both marines were barred from leaving India pending a trial, but Latorre was allowed to travel back to…

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