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This is not an isolated situation. These fishermen should have taken better care to prepare themselves and communicate with the US ship as well. These waters are known with be hostile and dangerous. They too, could have communicated by flashing lights, stopping their boat, radio etc etc etc.
According to one of the survivors they were warned as well...."Sarvana (one of the Indian fishermen aboard the boat) said the fishermen were headed in the same direction as the U.S. naval vessel, which they saw, but veered off in a different direction to deal with an engine problem. The U.S. ship flashed some lights at them, he said, but given the bright sunlight the fishermen were unsure what the signals meant. Then the ship fired on them. Indian fishermen have found themselves in the cross-fire of anti-piracy and counter-terrorism operations lately. This week's incident follows one in February in which two Indian fishermen were shot dead off the coast of India by an Italian cargo vessel that mistook them for pirates, creating diplomatic tensions between the two nations."
U.S. offers condolences to India after fatal ship shooting - latimes.com
According to one of the survivors they were warned as well...."Sarvana (one of the Indian fishermen aboard the boat) said the fishermen were headed in the same direction as the U.S. naval vessel, which they saw, but veered off in a different direction to deal with an engine problem. The U.S. ship flashed some lights at them, he said, but given the bright sunlight the fishermen were unsure what the signals meant. Then the ship fired on them. Indian fishermen have found themselves in the cross-fire of anti-piracy and counter-terrorism operations lately. This week's incident follows one in February in which two Indian fishermen were shot dead off the coast of India by an Italian cargo vessel that mistook them for pirates, creating diplomatic tensions between the two nations."
U.S. offers condolences to India after fatal ship shooting - latimes.com