Bodies of 21 B’deshi fishermen found
3 April 2013 7:08 AM IST
Bangladesh Coast Guard Tuesday said they recovered the bodies of 21 fishermen who were killed by pirates about a week ago near Kutubdia, an island off the coastal town of Cox's Bazaar in southeastern Bangladesh.
‘21 fishermen’s bodies have so far been retrieved from the bay of Bengal,’ Lieutenant Commander Abdullah Yusuf, Operation Officer of the Coastguard's Chittagong Zone, told Xinhua.
He said 17 bodies were recovered Tuesday, bringing the toll to 21 after four bodies were found Monday.
Quoting a fisherman who narrowly escaped the attacks with three others, he said at least 33 fishermen sailed out in two boats on 25 March from Kutubdia island under Cox’s Bazaar district, some 390 km southeast of capital Dhaka. They were attacked by pirates on 26 March, he added. According to the fisherman, Yusuf said the pirates dumped the bodies in the Bay of Bengal most likely to steal the boats and their valuables.
He said there were no specific details so far regarding the deaths of the fishermen whose decomposed bodies were found floating with hands and feet tied in the deep sea.
Yusuf said most of the bodies were recovered in a sea area.
‘21 fishermen’s bodies have so far been retrieved from the bay of Bengal,’ Lieutenant Commander Abdullah Yusuf, Operation Officer of the Coastguard's Chittagong Zone, told Xinhua.
He said 17 bodies were recovered Tuesday, bringing the toll to 21 after four bodies were found Monday.
Quoting a fisherman who narrowly escaped the attacks with three others, he said at least 33 fishermen sailed out in two boats on 25 March from Kutubdia island under Cox’s Bazaar district, some 390 km southeast of capital Dhaka. They were attacked by pirates on 26 March, he added. According to the fisherman, Yusuf said the pirates dumped the bodies in the Bay of Bengal most likely to steal the boats and their valuables.
He said there were no specific details so far regarding the deaths of the fishermen whose decomposed bodies were found floating with hands and feet tied in the deep sea.
Yusuf said most of the bodies were recovered in a sea area.
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