Abandoned Boat Found with 11 Bodies Onboard on Caribbean Island: Police

Police are investigating after a vessel washed up onto an island within the Caribbean containing 11 our bodies.

On Monday, May 26, the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force issued a assertion revealing that the boat was present in “the neighborhood of Little Bay, Cherry Hill, on the island of Canouan.”

“During the preliminary examination of the vessel, what look like decomposed human stays have been discovered onboard,” the police drive wrote of their assertion. “The identities and circumstances surrounding the invention are but to be decided.”

Additional particulars have been shared in an up to date assertion launched on Tuesday, May 27.

In it, the police drive revealed that they obtained a report about “a suspicious vessel discovered alongside the shoreline” round 10:45 a.m. The Canouan Police Station responded to the scene and started an investigation into the invention.

Police say that the boat was 45 ft. lengthy and roughly 12 ft. huge.

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The 11 our bodies on the boat have been “in a complicated state of decomposition,” with police noting that “some weren’t totally intact.” They haven’t but been recognized however have been “transported to mainland St. Vincent.”

They will stay on the Kingstown mortuary because the investigation continues.

Several passports that look like from the Republic of Mali have been additionally discovered on the vessel, police stated. The Republic of Mali is a West African nation that obtained the very best stage of journey advisory warning from the United States Department of State in July 2023. The authorities company cited danger of “crime, terrorism, and kidnapping” for individuals who go to.

“This incident is deeply regarding, and we perceive the general public’s curiosity within the matter. We guarantee you that the RSVGPF is treating this investigation with the utmost seriousness and sensitivity. We are dedicated to pursuing each lead and guaranteeing that every one applicable protocols are adopted,” the police assertion learn.

The police drive vowed that they have been collaborating with “regional and worldwide companions” to “confirm the origins of the vessel and the identities of the people onboard.”

PEOPLE has reached out to the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force for added remark.

According to reporting by ABC News, the same discovery was made on St. Kitts and Nevis — one other nation within the Caribbean — in January. In that incident, 19 our bodies have been found, “some with identifications from Mali.”