In May 2011, the teenager was tried as an an adult for offences related to piracy and sentenced to 33 years and nine months in prison. At the time, the US Defence Secretary, Robert Gates, confirmed the group that Muse was part of were "untrained teenagers with heavy weapons." The other three teenagers in the group were killed by US snipers.
Write to Muse, the teenager jailed in the US:
Abdulwali Abukhadir Muse 70636-054 FCI Terre Haute Federal Correctional Institution PO Box 33 Terre Haute, IN 47808 USA
