Bartamaha (Newzeland):- Russian prosecutors say they are probing a controversial video showing Russian marines pounding a small boat allegedly carrying Somali pirates with guns and artillery fire, AFP reported.
“Military investigators…have begun a pre-investigation probe in connection with a video clip making its way around the internet and ostensibly showing Russian marines shooting a boat with Somali pirates with an artillery mount and guns,” the Moscow-based investigators said.
The clip features several marines, some bare-chested, others wearing uniform, enthusiastically shooting from the deck of a naval ship at a white boat, thick black smoke billowing into the air.
Set to upbeat music, the clip mysteriously says at the end that no pirates have been killed. It was not possible to verify the authenticity of the clip.
“During the probe an expert examination of the video recording will be conducted with a view to establishing the location and date of the tape, an existence of editing and other technical details,” investigators said in a statement.
“Individuals who have made and participated in the video clip as well as other circumstances are currently being established.”
The Russian Navy’s top boss, Vladimir Vysotsky, told AFP Russian sailors could not have killed the pirates. “This is nonsense,” the state RIA Novosti news agency quoted him as saying. “Our marines are not people who would shoot someone at sea, not even pirates.”
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Source:- New Zeland
