Reprinted from Caribbean Net News
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Foul play ruled out in boat deaths off Barbados

Monday, May 8, 2006

by: Dawne Bennett
Caribbean Net News Barbados Correspondent
Email: dawne@caribbeannetnews.com

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Foul play has been ruled out in the deaths of eleven men whose bodies were found in a small unnamed boat off Barbados some ten days ago.

The preliminary conclusion of an autopsy conducted last week has revealed that the eleven men died of starvation and dehydration.

The identities of the men have still not been determined, as local police are still awaiting word from the authorities in Senegal, Africa, where it is believed the men originated.

The Weekend Nation newspaper has reported being in contact with a Senagalese man, Ibrahima Dieme who believes that one of the eleven corpses is that of his brother.

He told the newspaper that his 29-year-old brother, Soukhar Diao Dieme left Senegal for the Cape Verde Islands two months ago with the intention of taking a boat from there to Brazil.

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