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Two dead in homicide

Two people have been killed in an apparent homicide aboard the "RBD Gino Ferretti" in international waters near the Dutch Caribbean. A suspect was taken into custody but it was not immediately clear which country would prosecute the case. The incident happened when the tanker, was sailing from Suape Port in eastern Brazil to Sint Eustatius, a small Caribbean island which is part of the Netherlands. The captain reported an incident on board to the Caribbean Netherlands Police Force. Officers boarded the vessel on Sep 5, 2019, and discovered the remains of two people. The cause of death was not immediately released, but police said the two men were believed to have died as the result of a crime. Other details about the circumstances have not been released. The victims were described as two men from the Philippines, respectively 33 and 42 years old. A 43-year-old man from the Philippines was taken into custody in connection with the apparent double homicide. He was expected to be taken off the ship, but “bureaucratic regulations” caused a delay and the suspect remains locked up on board the tanker, which is anchored off the coast. It was not immediately clear if the Netherlands would prosecute the apparent double homicide, which happened in international waters on board an Italian-flagged vessel with victims and a suspect from the Philippines. Vessels traveling in international waters are typically subject to the laws of the country to which the ship is registered.