Fisherman found dead hooked in fishing net

West Coast Demerara : Investigations are being conducted into the circumstances surrounding the death of fisherman Shahabudeen Haniff, 49 years, of Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara, whose body was found in the net of a fishing vessel that was working in the vicinity of the Berbice River, during yesterday Monday January 04, 2016.

The deceased was a member of the crew of a fishing boat that had sailed on December 30, 2015, from a wharf at New Hope, East Bank Demerara, for the Berbice area.