Relatives of Cyril Ali, one of the two persons who died following a reported pirate attack off the Suriname coast last week are questioning the story told by the three surviving crewmembers and want a police investigation to be carried out.
“They say pirate attack but according to what the survivors say and what people who see the body, it doesn’t add up,” Samantha Williams, a niece of Ali, said. “They survivors say the (pirates) kill them in a certain way but when they see the body is in a different way,” she said.
The bodies of Ali, 45, called ‘Counsel’ and the captain of the boat Nazim Shakim, 28, called `Fineman’ of Lot 17 ‘A’ Belvedere, Corentyne were recovered on the Suriname coast on Saturday. The bodies were immediately buried because they were in an advanced state of