Police Chief Inspector Helen Galvez, spokesperson of Zamboanga City Police Office, on Tuesday said pirates executed eight fishermen whose fishing boat they intercepted in seas east of Zamboanga City.
Coast guard and police said the incident occurred about 8 p.m. on Monday in the off Laud Siromon, Barangay Dita.
Galvez said there were 15 fishers in all boarding the boat while only seven of them managed to escape when they were intercepted by five unknown attackers.
Nomar Sakandal and Kervin Banahan, two of the seven survivors, told police at Station 3 in Barangay Sangali that the suspects were aboard two ‘jungkong’ speedboats.
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