2 on capsized oil tanker missing
The oil tanker was found capsized near the navigation lights at the breakwater of the airport island of Hulhule on Thursday.
An oil tanker that had gone missing three days ago had been found but the two crewmen are still missing, police said Sunday.
According to the police, a local and a Bangladeshi national went missing from the vessel that took off from Villimale on Thursday. They are:
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Mohamed Nizam, 45 (captain)
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Mohamed Liton, 35, from Bangladesh
According to the police, they were reported missing on Thursday. The police are still on the lookout for them.
In a series of tweets, the police said that the oil tanker was found capsized near the navigation lights at the breakwater of the airport island of Hulhule on Thursday.
"We have received information that the missing two were onboard," a police message said.
