Piracy: 1 dead, 6 missing
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Piracy: 1 dead, 6 missing
PORT MORESBY: A 17-year-old boy was found dead after he and eight
others were held up by pirates in the open sea at Madang’s Pik Island on
Thursday (Jan 20, 2022).
Six of the passengers are still missing while a
survivor is recovering in hospital.
Commander Acting Supt Mazuc Rubiang said Pagis Labi,
from Raicoats’s Yamis village, ws among eight passengers travelling to Raicoast
on a boat when they were held up by pirates at Tabali Point.
“Six people are still missing while the boat skipper,
who was floating in the open sea, swam ashore at Basamuk and was rescued by villagers,”
he added.
The news break was reported by The National:
Piracy: 1
dead, 6 missing
January 25, 2022The
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By SYLVESTER WEMURU
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy was found dead after he and eight other boat
passengers were held up by pirates in the open sea at Pik Island, Madang, on
Thursday.
Six of the passengers are still missing while a survivor is recovering in
hospital.
Madang police commander Acting Superintendent Mazuc Rubiang said Pagis Labi,
from Raicoast’s Yamis Village, was among eight passengers travelling to Raicoast
on a boat when they were held up by pirates at Tabali Point.
Rubiang said six people were still missing while the boat skipper, who was
floating in the open sea, swam ashore at Basamuk and was rescued by villagers.
“Police were contacted on Saturday and we went to Basamuk and helped the man to
Modilon Hospital,” he said.
Rubiang said a mother and her six-month-old baby and four men were among the
missing.
“They were held up by the pirates who were armed with offensive weapons,” he
said.
“They wounded the skipper and took away the boat engine, leaving them afloat in
the open sea.
“They were then separated by high tide.”
Rubiang said a search party had been arranged both in Madang and Saidor and
were out in the sea looking for the six missing passengers.
“The lone survivor, when fully recovered, will help give the identity of the
pirates for us to pursue our investigations,” he said.
“Currently, we are organising ourselves to search for the missing boat
passengers with the help of villagers and relatives of the missing people.
“I am very sorry for what had happened because the people of Raicoast were
victims of sea pirates for a long time.
“I want the people of Madang to help the police with the information on the
whereabouts of the pirates so we can arrest and charge them.”
Rubiang said victims of pirates should report to the police to help capture
them and end the piracy terror.
He said the water police in Madang also needed support from the leaders in the
province so that police could respond swiftly.
He said police response on Thursday was late because they had to look for fuel
before going out to sea.
However, Rubiang said the pursuit had to stop because police ran out of fuel
and it was raining heavily.
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