Italian marines case: A UN panel asks Italy and India to submit a report by September 24. The tribunal suspends all proceedings in the marines case and asks India and Italy to submit a report by September 24.


The UN tribunal is hearing Italy's plea that two of its marines accused of killing Indian fishermen in 2012 should be handed over by India and tried in their own country. The UN tribunal has not responded to Italy's plea.


Italy has based its appeal on a UN law that grants jurisdiction in such cases to the country that owns the ship involved in any incident at sea. The country has asked the International Tribunal on Law of the Sea to restrict India from taking action against its marines.


The marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, who were on board the oil tanker "Enrica Lexie", are accused of killing two unarmed Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast on February 15, 2012. Italy maintains that the shooting took place in international waters and that the fishermen were mistaken for pirates.