Police Commissioner Auapaau Logoitino Filipo confirmed the second death of a fisherman off the shores of Faleapuna last Saturday, another fisherman suspected to have drowned.
The deceased is from Letogo and is married with three children. Auapa’au told Radio Polynesia this is the second incident in this area in the span of a week.
In this incident, two men went fishing; one returned alive while the other died. The man in his 30s is suspected to have drowned when he went out fishing.
Radio Polynesia reported the incident of another fisherman whose body was discovered by family members in Faleapuna last week.