St Kitts and Nevis finds 13 decomposing bodies in boat adrift in Caribbean

Discovery by coast guard comes five days after skiff containing five bodies found near Trinidad and Tobago

The coastguard of St Kitts and Nevis has discovered 13 decomposing bodies in a boat adrift off the coast, days after another five bodies were found in a skiff near Trinidad and Tobago.

Officials of the two Caribbean countries said it was not immediately clear if there was any link between the two incidents, or who the deceased were.

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