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(L) 'Killer': Malek, 27,
was arrested when he stepped onto Sicilian soil last night some 24 hours after
his overcrowded boat capsized in the Mediterranean. He has been charged with multiple
manslaughter; (R) In the dock: Malek affords a smile alongside his alleged
smuggler accomplice, a 26-year-old Syrian crew member named Mahmud Bikhit, who
was also arrested and charged with 'favouring illegal immigration'
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Tunisian skipper Mohammed
Ali Malek, 27, was arrested when he stepped onto Sicilian soil last night, some
24 hours after his boat capsized in the Mediterranean.
Tunisian skipper bites
his nails as he is brought to shore to face charges of 'multiple manslaughter'
after 900 perished on his capsized boat.
Biting his nails
nervously, these are the first pictures of the migrant boat captain accused of
killing 900 men, women and children in one of the worst maritime disasters
since World War Two.
Before leaving the
Italian coastguard vessel, however, he was forced to watch the bodies of 24
victims of the tragedy being carried off the ship for burial on the island of
Malta.
He was later charged with
multiple manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and aiding illegal immigration.
Prosecutors claim he
contributed to the disaster by mistakenly ramming the overcrowded fishing boat
into a merchant ship that had come to its rescue.
As a result of the
collision, the migrants shifted position on the boat, which was already off
balance, causing it to overturn.
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A police handout showing
Mohammed Ali Malek (left) and Mahmud Bikhit (right) after their arrest in Malta
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