Alleged stealing goes wrong as foreigner hospitalized after jumping off boat

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A foreign national has sustained injuries to his neck and head after he allegedly failed to snatch a mobile phone from a colleague crew on a fishing vessel at Point Cruz tonight.

Report reaching SBMonline tonight stays the foreigner was rushed to the National Referral Hospital around 8pm where he was treated and later released.

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Our report says the foreigner who is believed to be a Fijian jumped off the fishing vessel after a failed attempt to pinch a mobile from an Asian colleague whilst he was talking on the phone. As a result he sustained injuries to his neck and head.

The victim and the perpetrator are workers for a private fishing company that operates in the country’s fishing waters.

According to the report reaching SBMOnline, the injured foreigner was brought to the hospital by police and St John Ambulance.

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