No Kabayan: 6 Filipinos kill sailor on ship

Published Wednesday, March 13, 2013

By Correspondent

Over the murder of a 37-year old fellow Filipino national on a ship docked at the Colombo port, the Colombo Harbour police have launched an investigation to apprehend six Filipino nationals, ‘The Island’ reported on Tuesday (12).

The police revealed that the Filipino identified as, Prebin Magalonse Bonius, has been murdered due to a dispute with other colleagues in the Taiwan flagged ship docked at the Bandaranaike Quay of the Colombo port.

The police said that there was a dispute among the crew and the incident had occurred between 12.45am and 2.00am on Monday 11.

Meanwhile, ‘Lankadeepa’ newspaper reported today, that six Filipinos who fled the scene of crime have surrendered to the Colombo harbor police accompanied by officials of the Philippine Embassy in Colombo.

After the incident, they had given themselves up to the embassy.

Further investigations are being carried out by the Colombo harbour police.

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