Pirates launched a vicious attack on 15 fishing boats off the coast of the Pomeroon, beating fishermen with cutlasses and destroying boats before escaping with millions in engines, seines, gasoline, fish and fish glue.
Stabroek News was told that in one case more than 19 fishermen were locked in the small cabin of a boat for several hours. The pirates then took them to deck and after brutalizing them some more, packed their booty into another vessel and sailed away.
After the pirates left, a passing passenger boat coming from
