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1st LD: Five crew found dead on fishing boat on east China sea

Xinhua, October 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

Five fishing-boat crew were found dead early Thursday morning on a vessel in waters off Zhoushan City in Zhejiang Province, east China, local authorities said.

Police have not ruled out foul play, and said one crew member and the life raft were missing.

The five victims, aged 31 to 53, were identified as residents of Putuo District, Zhoushan City, according to the local government.

A relative of one of the victims family said that one of the five had been beheaded. Endi