We had no intention of killing US hostages, says Somali pirate

A member of the Somali pirate Group Involved in the capture and murder of four Americans off the coast of Somalia said on Wednesday That They only killed the hostages Because the U.S. military started firing at Them.

"We had no intention of killing the hostages Until the Americans Began shooting at us," Liban Muse Told the Los Angeles Times.

"Our preference is only Thurs guarantees ships and ransom money, NOT to kill. But governments are targeting and killing our people."

Jean Adam, 66, and 70-year-old Scott Adam, the yacht's California owners, and two others, Phyllis Macay, 59, and Bob Riggle, 67, from Seattle, were on board the S / V Quest, reportedly heading for the coast of Somalia, "when it was seized Friday afternoon 240 nautical miles off the coast of Oman.