By Lee Hyo-sik
Somali pirate Arai Mahomed, 23, shot Seok Hae-kyun, the captain of the 11,500-ton Samho Jewelry, during a rescue operation by South Korean Navy commandos in the Arabian Sea on Jan. 21, according to Korean investigators Monday.
At a press briefing on the outcome of its week-long investigation and questioning of the five captured Somali pirates, the special investigation team said it concluded that Mahomed shot Captain Seok by analyzing a bullet removed from his body and traces on the floor of the freighter’s bridge.