US navy officer said today it took only three shots for navy snipers to kill the trio of pirates holding captain Richard Phillips hostage on a lifeboat drifting in the high sea.

一名美国海军官员今天说，海军狙击手仅用三枪就击毙了三名海盗。当时他们挟持船长理查德·菲利普斯作为人质乘坐一艘救生艇漂浮在公海上。

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Vallandingham was killed on the fourth day of the occupation, after his inmate captors had flown a bed sheet out the windows threatening to kill a hostage if certain demands weren't met.

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