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Three migrants to appear in court for hijacking

Three migrants including two minors will be appearing on May 20 before Maltese judges to answer to charges of terrorism after an incident on the "El Hiblu 1". On March 28, the ship took 108 migrants to Malta after rescuing them in international waters. The youths - aged 15, 16, and 19 - risk a life sentence. The prosecution has said that they were the ringleaders in changing the route of the vessel after taking control of it through force and intimidation. The migrants had initially been assured that they would disembark in Europe but the commander of the tanker then resumed the route for Libya. After protest from migrants onboard, the vessel then headed to Malta, where it let the migrants off. During the incident, the three youths allegedly hijacked the ship. Hijacking is considered an act of terrorism.

Three teenage migrants charged of hijack

Three teenage migrants have been charged in Malta with seizing control of the "El Hiblu 1" and using force and intimidation, a crime considered a terrorist activity under Maltese law. One of the accused was identified by the court during the arraignment Saturday as Abdalla Bari, a 19-year-old from Guinea. The other two are 15 and 16, and as minors could not be named. One was also from Guinea and the other from the Ivory Coast. They are suspects in the hijacking of the "El Hiblu 1". They had seized metal objects and began smashing the ship and threatening crew members after they realised they were being returned to Tripoli. Nader el-Hiblu, the 42-year-old Libyan captain of the "El Hiblu 1" feared that he and five other crew members could be killed. The threats by rioting migrants forced him to agree to their demand that he take them to Europe, not back to Libya. "They attacked the cockpit, heavily beating on the doors and the windows and they threatened to smash the ship. Reports with photos: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/30/hijacked-captain-recalls-horror-in-mediterranean-sea-as-migrants-took-over-ship https://www.voanews.com/a/migrants-charged-in-malta-in-hijacking-of-ship-at-sea/4854893.html

Tanker brought under control of army and taken to Valletta

A special force of the army of Malta gained control on the "El Hiblu 1" in the morning of March 28. Maltese armed forces established communications with the captain while the ship was 30 nautical miles off the shore. The captain told that he was not in control of the vessel and that he and his crew were being forced and threatened by a number of migrants to proceed to Malta. A patrol vessel stopped the tanker from entering Maltese waters. The special team that restored control to the captain was backed by a patrol vessel, two fast interceptor craft and a helicopter. The ship headed to Valletta where it berthed at 8.20 a.m. Armed military personnel stood guard on the ship’s deck, and a dozen or so migrants were also visible, as the vessel docked at Boiler Wharf in the city of Senglea. Several police vans were lined up on shore to take custody of the 108 migrants, among them women and children for investigation. Some of them were taken in custody in handcuffs. Report with photo: https://apnews.com/060deaff96314791bfbe904f762ed8f6?utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter