Men shot at sea: video shows 'Somali pirates' shot by fisherman after failed hijacking

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A graphic video posted to YouTube on Monday by a university student in Fiji’s capital Suva shows four men being shot at sea and dying as they cling to an overturned vessel.

In the video one man can be heard saying: "Shoot, shoot, shoot".

Someone else says: "If you see anyone, just kill. Look ahead there: one and two."

The person who uploaded the video said the accident happened just outside Fijian waters, but according to Radio Australia boat owners and contractors in Suva told police they believe the footage is from a failed hijacking off the Somali coast last year.

"And the graphic pictures you see of people gunned in the water are not Fijians, but Somali pirates that attempted a hijack of some Taiwanese vessels that attempted a hijack that backfired and they all got gunned down,” Fiji Tuna Boat Owners Association president Graham Southwick said.

"The debris floating in the water is the wreckage of a Somali pirate boat that got rammed by one of the Taiwanese boats."

While at sea, fishermen on the vessel started shooting at them and one filmed the entire scene until the alleged pirates died.

According to Southwick, although incidents like shooting in open sea are rare, “conflicts and fights and murders on the high seas, on fishing boats, is relatively common,” he said.

Authorities are now working to determine the identity of the crew members who are responsible for the shooting in order to understand the exact location and dynamics of the incident.

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