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Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at the Henderson have arrested a male person on 18 June in relation to a sea collision at Sali Bay in East Central Guadalcanal that resulted in the death of a man.
The sea collision occurred on the 16 June when the deceased went out fishing in his dugout canoe at Sali bay and was run-over by the boat.
Mangau said it will be alleged in court that between 11pm and 12am – a group of men left from a school fundraising on board a 30 horsepower engine and collided with a dugout canoe and killed one male person in his 50s.
According to the police chief, the boat returned to the scene of the accident and saw the dugout canoe floating, but no one was inside the canoe. After discovering the man in the sea they rescued him to Totongo clinic – but he died shortly after his arrival there.
The accused has appeared before Honiara Central Magistrates’ Court on 21 June and was remanded for 14 days. He will appear again on 5 July.
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