Pirates 'massacre' Guyana fishermen off Suriname coast

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

Guyana's President David Granger has described as a "massacre" a pirate attack last week that is feared to have killed at least a dozen fishermen.
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Four boats carrying some 20 people were attacked off the coast of neighbouring Suriname in South America last Friday, local authorities said.
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The men, most of them Guyanese, were beaten and robbed.
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Piracy has long been an issue in the waters off Suriname and Guyana, although the number of incidents reported has reduced in recent years.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-43999237

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Robbing Guyanese fishermen can't get you much money. This is real "holding life cheap" stuff.

[BumRushDaShow]

1. "Robbing Guyanese fishermen can't get you much money."

I was just getting ready to say.... Even considered that maybe they were going for the boats? But geez.

[flotsam]

2. It's more likely about territory

They were on another country's fishing grounds. That will get you killed in many places.