Pirates attack 7 boats near Nickerie

About seven armed, masked pirates terrorized and robbed 35 crew members of seven fishing boats between 6 pm on Tuesday and 3 am yesterday in the Nickerie, Suriname area.

Five of the boats belong to members of the Number 66 Fish Port Complex, Panashwar ‘Max’ Jainarine, 45; Roypin Motin, 44 of Lancaster; ‘Raymond’ of Number 66 Village, ‘Khan’ and ‘Subramani.’

The two other boats are owned