5 feared dead in Fiji after reports of violence on tuna boat

Authorities fear for the lives of five crew members who leapt from their fishing boat near Fiji earlier this week after alleged violence on board

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Authorities said Friday they feared for the lives of five people who leapt from their fishing boat near Fiji earlier this week after alleged violence on board. A sixth crew member who abandoned the vessel was found alive Thursday on an overturned life raft, while two more people who had remained aboard the fishing boat were due to be picked up by a military patrol boat. The Fiji navy said it was working with police to sort through the series of events that had occurred aboard the Tiro II, a longline tuna boat. The New Zealand military, which helped with the search, said it had been told the five missing crew had not been wearing life jackets.