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Filipino sailor found dead after pirates attack 05/18/2011

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Filipino sailor found dead after pirates attack

05/18/2011
A Filipino sailor was found dead aboard a Marshall Island-flagged chemical tanker, four days after it was attacked by pirates off the coast of Benin in West Africa, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday said.

It added Philippine officials are monitoring investigation on the circumstances of the death of Christopher Cortez Ceprado, who was among the 18 all-Filipino crewmen of MT Sea King that was boarded by heavily armed brigands last May 7 in Cotonou.

Ceprado’s remains were brought to the mortuary in Cotonou.... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110518hed6.html

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