Thai Crew Stabbed To Death By Colleague Onboard Scrap Ship At Bangladesh’s Chattogram Port

A Thai crew on a scrap ship was stabbed with a kitchen knife by a fellow crewman during a fight on a scrap ship anchored at Charlie Anchorage of Bangladesh’s Chattogram Port on Tuesday.

The deceased, identified as Rapheephong Klahan, aged 30, was working as an oiler on the Thai-flagged vessel MT KPP 01.

He was brutally killed by the 48-year-old Turakorn Burussee, an able-bodied seaman (AB).

According to officials of the Chittagong Port Authority, the two crew members got into a fight on the ship’s deck at 12:00 pm.

Md Emranul Hoque, head of business operations of the ship’s local agent, SAM Shipping Agency, said that their team hurried to the ship after receiving information about a crew member bleeding profusely.

They took the injured man to the Apollo Imperial Hospital in Chattogram, where he succumbed to his injuries around 2:30 pm.

A case was registered at a nearby police station, after which police officers arrived at the scene and detained Burussee at the Anwara Police Station.