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Police Investigating Death Of Tuna Sailorff

25 January 2013 Trinidad & Tobago

Police are investigating the death of an Indonesian tuna fisherman, who died while working in the deep waters off the Gulf of Paria, near Trinidad.

Tary Ono, 26, died on Dec. 29 and preliminary tests indicate his death was the result of haemorrhagic pneumonia. He was a crewmember aboard the tuna longliner MV-Freedom, which had left the local port last October.

The crew did not return to land until Jan. 14.