Somali pirate suspect arrives in New York to face charges

New York: The sole surviving Somali pirate from the hostage-taking of an American ship captain has arrived in New York to face charges in the attack.

Abduhl Wali-i-Musi was surrounded by about a dozen federal agents as he arrived in lower Manhattan late on Monday.

He was manacled with a chain wrapped around his waist, and his left hand was heavily bandaged from the skirmish on the ship.

He is due to appear in federal court in New York on Tuesday. He is the first pirate to be tried in the United States in more than a century.

The teen's arrival came on the day his mother appealed to US President Barack Obama for his release. She says her son was coaxed into piracy by "gangsters with money."