Seven bodies have been recovered from a wrecked boat that washed ashore in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, authorities said Tuesday, suspecting the vessel is the latest in a series of North Korean „ghost ships.“ Coast guard rescuers found the corpses of seven men inside the wreckage of the boat that washed…
Seven bodies have been recovered from a wrecked boat that washed ashore in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, authorities said Tuesday, suspecting the vessel is the latest in a series of North Korean „ghost ships.“
Coast guard rescuers found the corpses of seven men inside the wreckage of the boat that washed ashore on Jan 10, senior police official Hiroshi Abe told AFP after media were informed Tuesday morning.
The badly decomposed remains of another man were discovered around 15 meters from the boat, added Abe.
„It is difficult to identify the bodies as they had begun to decompose,“ he said, noting that rough seas had prevented officials from investigating the boat thoroughly.
„We spotted a tobacco box which carries some Korean letters, but we can’t confirm the boat came from North Korea,“ he said.
