…police seek three others

TWO men, identified only by their aliases ‘Buckman’ and ‘Chu-Chu Bai’, have reportedly confessed to killing fishermen working on the Sara One vessel and are expected to make their appearance in court today.

On October 5, 2019 a four-member crew departed the Number 65 Village Wharf for a fishing trip in Surinamese water. The crew members have been identified as Marvin Tamessar called ‘Buddy’ age 20, Vishnu Seeram called ‘Kevin’ also 20, of Miss Pheobe on the East Berbice Corentyne. The bodies of Kawal Kissoon, called ‘Ajay,’ 36, of Letter Kenny Village and Lamar Petrie 20 of Miss Phoebe were discovered on the Abary and Mahaicony foreshore respectively.

The two suspects are expected to appear at the #51 Magistrate’s Court today, even as police seek three others who have been identified as ‘Breeze’, ‘Shine’ and ‘Andy’.
Police sources speaking with the Guyana Chronicle revealed that two of the three wanted men are allegedly working on boats belonging to Nakool Manohar called ‘Fyah’, but cannot confirm at this point whether there is any connection with this recent attack and the one in April of 2018.

Police sources have remained tight-lipped about the arrests and details of the charges since they do not want to divulge too much information that may compromise the investigation.
However this publication was informed that the men were arrested sometime on Friday afternoon and a few hours later confessed that they were on the boat that intercepted the Sara One at sea. The duo allegedly told investigators that three of their five-man crew embarked on the Sara One in a bid to loot the catch from the men. However, the attackers were recognised by the fishermen, as such the three men launched a deadly attack on the four fishermen, brutally beating and chopping them before tying their hands and feet behind their backs and throwing them overboard to silence them from revealing their identities.

Meanwhile, relatives of the victims, after learning about the alleged confessions, have shared mixed emotions about the revelation. Most of the relatives, who spoke with this newspaper, expressed fear of going on the record for fear of being victimised, since some of the men are still out there, and would be more comfortable to speak after all the attackers are captured.

However, Sureshpaul Tamessar, who is a fisherman and the father of Marvin Tamessar, said he is happy that the police managed to nab two of the men that were responsible, and hopes the rest can be arrested soon so that the men on the high seas can be safe.
Tamessar is of the opinion that unless the pirates and their entire crews are caught, the cycle will continue as the men who are wanted will continue to kill to avoid being caught. He continued that since the killings started a few years ago, he retired from the high seas and prefer to fish in Guyana’s waters where it is safer.

“I worked on the high seas and get hijack before but them never used to kill, but now is you matee fisherman hijacking and killing you because you know them. That is now a business to hijack and kill people for them young fisherman.”