Manatkadu fisherman disappears in Northern seas
[TamilNet, Thursday, 14 October 2004, 17:34 GMT]
Mr.Saverimuthu Norbert aged 38, a fisherman of Manatkadu in Vadamaradchchi
east division in Jaffna district Wednesday disappeared in northern sea after being attacked by unidentified persons while fishing. Representatives
of fisheries co-operative societies returned to the shore evening after a
futile search operation carried out in the sea throughout the day, Thursday
fisheries co-operative sources said.
Meanwhile, another fisherman Sebastiampillai Regimen (19) who also was
injured in the attack but escaped with injuries left Point Pedro government
hospital Thursday evening after treatment, fisheries sources said. Fisheries sources said that according to information gathered from the
escaped fisherman, it was suspected that the attackers were poachers. Local
fisheries sources have expressed suspicion that the disappeared fisherman
could have been thrown into the sea or abducted by the poachers.
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