Sewol capt, 3 crew charged with homicide

[MOKPO, South Korea] The captain and three senior crew members of a South Korean ferry that capsized in April, killing more than 280 passengers, many of them school children, were indicted for homicide yesterday, a senior prosecutor said.

Prosecutors also indicted the 11 other surviving crew members of the ferry Sewol on negligence charges. The crew has been under criminal investigation after they were believed to have escaped the sinking vessel before many passengers.

Prosecutor Ahn Sang-don, who is leading the investigation, told a news briefing: "The captain, a first officer and second officer and the chief engineer escaped before the passengers, leading to grave casualties."