The boat attacked by pirates on Friday night has been found but the three crewmen remain missing while the police continue to hold five men as investigations continue.
An intense search has been launched for the three missing men who were part of a five-man crew working along the Corentyne shores, when five men armed with pieces of wood and cutlasses, hijacked their boat and used it to rob two other boats.
The captain of the boat, Seepersaud Persaud, 43, was pushed overboard and survived while one of the fishermen, Hemchand Sookdeo, 45, was found dead, tangled in seines with a chop wound at the back of his head. The three fishermen that are missing are