ITALIAN MARINES CASE / ENRICA LEXIE CASE

June 13, 2021

The Central government informed the Supreme Court on that Italy had paid ₹10 crore compensation for disbursal among the families of fishermen shot dead/injured by two Italian marines detailed on Enrica Lexie, an Italian-flagged vessel in 2012, who mistook them for pirates off the coast of Kerala.

What is the Italian Marines case?

On February 15, 2012, two Indian fishermen returning from a fishing expedition near Lakshadweep islands onboard fishing vessel St Antony were gunned down by two Italian marines on board oil tanker Enrica Lexie.
The incident occurred around 20 nautical miles off the coast of Kerala. Shortly after the incident, the Indian Coast Guard intercepted Enrica Lexie and detained the two Italian marines— Salvatore Girone and Massimiliano Latorre.
Following this, the Kerala Police registered an FIR against them for murder and arrested them.

Source : The Hindu