NORFOLK (AP) -- A Somali national who admitted his role in an April 10 attack on a U.S. Navy ship off the coast of Africa is scheduled to be sentenced in Virginia.
Under a plea agreement, Jama Idle Ibrahim is expected to be sentenced to 30 years in prison when he appears Monday in U.S. District Court in Norfolk.
His sentencing is set for 11:30 a.m., US Attorney spokesman Peter Carr told WVEC.com.
He entered a plea on Aug. 27 to three charges: an attack to plunder a vessel, an act of violence against persons on a vessel, and use of a firearm during a crime of violence.
Ibrahim was among six Somali men brought to the U.S. to be prosecuted for their alleged roles in the attack on the USS Ashland.
The five remaining defendants are to be tried.
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