In the Philippines, the pirates have killed eight fishermen

In the southern Philippines city of Zamboanga in Mindanao region in the province of pirates killed eight local fishermen, according to local newspaper Mindanao Examiner. Another five, and according to AP agency - seven, managed to escape.

Coast Guard Lieutenant Alvin Dagalea said the two fishermen survived by jumping into the water after the attackers opened fire. Another five people were reported missing, but then it turned out that they were alive.

The head of the Coast Guard Joel Garcia said that the ship ran seven fishermen, when the pirates began to bind the captives. "According to preliminary data, the attackers boarded, they were all armed, they immediately tied eight crew members and seven others managed to jump out and escape," - he said (quoted by AP).

According to the newspaper Mindanao Examiner, the attack took place late in the evening on Monday, January 9, near Siromon island. The authorities became aware of the incident on Tuesday morning, January 10, when the two fled back to his village Sangali. According to them, the attackers asked the fishermen whether they are Muslims, and shot after they were unable to read the prayer.

After that, the Coast Guard dispatched two boats in the accident area, who found the fishing vessel with eight corpses on board, and the hands of fishermen have been associated nylon rope.

The attackers pirates were no less than five. According to local authorities, they collected money from the fishermen in the area. As another version called feud between fishermen.

Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack, but it is assumed that the pirates may be members of the group "Abu Sayyaf", involved in a number of similar cases. Recently gunmen on two boats attempted to capture the Philippine cargo ship Ocean Kingdom near the city of Zamboanga. The ship on which there were more than 20 sailors, was shot but managed to avoid the seizure of the vessel.

The group "Abu Sayyaf" is responsible for the capture of the Vietnamese cargo vessel with six crew members of the November 11, 2016, as well as a number of smaller attacks on Malaysian and Indonesian sailors in the region.