Kochi, Aug 11 (ANI): A lawyer representing victims said the Italian marines, accused of killing fishermen off the Kerala coast in 2012, should be tried by Indian court and not by an international tribunal. Massimilano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, part of a military team protecting a cargo ship, have said they mistook Indian fishermen for pirates and fired warning shots during the incident in 2012 off the Indian coast. Two fishermen were killed. The Supreme Court bench hearing the case requested that the government to provide a detailed reply by August 26 to an Italian request for the pair to be tried under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and by arbitration. He added that India could raise a preliminary objection as per the provisions of the UN convention that the tribunal need act on the matter.
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