Two fishermen from the No. 66 Fisheries are feared dead after they were tortured and thrown overboard on Tuesday evening by five armed pirates who burnt their boat.
The captain, known as ‘Fine Man’ and the other fisherman were tortured and their hands and feet tied up while three other crewmembers whose hands alone were tied, managed to swim to safety. The men left for sea on Sunday and were in Suriname waters when they were attacked.
Yesterday, there were reports that other fishermen reportedly spotted a body floating at sea but they were unable to retrieve it. The pirates, who were carrying a gun and four cutlasses, carted off the engine, fish and gasoline before setting the