2 fishermen killed as cargo ship hits boat; Navy, CG chase it down

June 11, 2017 11:15

Two Indian fishermen were killed and 11 injured when a Panama registered cargo ship hit their fishing boat early today off Kochi coast, the police said.

The ship Amber, which left the scene after the incident, has been detained along with its crew after a massive search by the Navy and Coast Guard, Inspector General of Police (Ernakulam Range) P Vijayan said.

The injured fishermen had been admitted to various hospitals in Kochi and the condition of two of them was stated to be serious, the police said. Another occupant of the boat was missing and a search operation was on to rescue him.

The boat carrying 14 fishermen was hit by the ship at around 2 am, around 20 nautical miles off the Kochi coast. The 11 injured were rescued by fishermen in another boat, the police said.

This is the second fatal incident involving a foreign ship in the sea off Kerala coast. Earlier, in February 2012, two fishermen were shot dead by Italian marines on-board an oil tanker, Enrica Lexie.

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