Did Russian guards on "Nordic Fighter" kill a fisherman?

Russian marines employed as security guards on a Norwegian tanker may have shot and killed a person they believed to be a pirate back in 2011. The case has resulted in a tense situation between Yemen and Norway.
Photo: Foto: Brian Karmark
Photo: Foto: Brian Karmark
BY TOMAS KRISTIANSEN

Was 38-year-old Yemenite Mohammed Ali Quanas a fisherman just doing his job, or was he a pirate who - along with several co-conspirators on board three small vessels - was about to attack Nordic American Tankers-owned vessel "Nordic Fighter."

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