Vietnamese fisherman shot dead off Thai waters

The My Binh sea mouth in the utmost southern province of Ca Mau (for illustration only)

Photo: Dat Mui Online

VNEXPRESS

A fisherman was shot and killed last Saturday when his fishing boat from Ca Mau Province that had been operating close to Thai waters came under fire from an unknown vessel.

The boat’s captain, Lam Van Tinh, said the “strange” vessel approached from Thai waters at around 4:15 am fired many rounds at his boat. 

Huynh Van Tra, 21, from the province's Khanh Binh Tay Bac Commune, died after being hit twice.

Tinh said he immediately ordered his pilot to turn off the navigation lights and head back to the Ca Mau coast.

The province Border Guard Command filed a report to the provincial police who have performed an autopsy on Tra and begun investigations.

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