2012 Italian shooting in the Arabian Sea

2012 CE.

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The Enrica Lexie case was an international controversy about a shooting in international waters off the western coast of India. On 15 February 2012, two Indian fishermen were killed off the coast of Kerala, India, aboard St. Antony. India alleged that two Italian marines aboard the Italian-flagged commercial oil tanker MV Enrica Lexie had killed the fishermen. Shortly after the incident, the Indian Navy intercepted Enrica Lexie and detained the two Italian marines, which sparked a conflict over legal jurisdiction and functional immunity between the governments of India and Italy. Both marines were released and returned to Italy after they were detained in India without being formally charged for any crime for two and four years, respectively. Meanwhile, an independent United Nations court was charged to resolve the jurisdictional conflict.

Text from the Wikipedia article Enrica Lexie case, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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