ZAGREB, Dec 21 (Hina) - The ship accident that occurred on December 3 near the northern Adriatic island of Brijuni, claiming the life of a Croatian fisherman, was probably caused by the Ukrainian ship Kiliya, which was searched late
on Thursday night at the Slovene port of Kopar at the request of the Croatian authorities by the Kopar port authorities and the Slovene police. The ship's captain was requested to come to Pula for a police questioning, and other investigative proceedings are underway, the Croatian Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Communications said in a statement on Friday. Based on the collected information on the movement of the ship, the Kiliya is suspected of being involved in a crash of the fishing boat "Orada" and an unidentified ship some four nautical miles south-west of the Penede lighthouse near Brijuni on December 3, 2001. Three fishermen were on the boat at the time. Two w
ZAGREB, Dec 21 (Hina) - The ship accident that occurred on December
3 near the northern Adriatic island of Brijuni, claiming the life of
a Croatian fisherman, was probably caused by the Ukrainian ship
Kiliya, which was searched late on Thursday night at the Slovene
port of Kopar at the request of the Croatian authorities by the
Kopar port authorities and the Slovene police.
The ship's captain was requested to come to Pula for a police
questioning, and other investigative proceedings are underway, the
Croatian Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and
Communications said in a statement on Friday.
Based on the collected information on the movement of the ship, the
Kiliya is suspected of being involved in a crash of the fishing boat
"Orada" and an unidentified ship some four nautical miles south-
west of the Penede lighthouse near Brijuni on December 3, 2001.
Three fishermen were on the boat at the time. Two were recovered
alive from the sea the following day while the third one, Branko
Boljun, was found dead in the sunk cabin of the halved boat.
(hina) rml