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Another interesting attack this week, this time 3 pirates boarded a pleasure yacht near Koh Dong, an island off southern Thailand, and slit his throat as his wife looked on. Another alarming change in tactics! Pirate attacks seem to be increasingly violent the past couple of weeks. British man killed by pirates off Thailand 'had throat slit' Pirates that killed a British man and imprisoned his wife on their yacht for 10 hours, slit his throat before before throwing his body overboard, Thailand police have said. Last Updated: 9:19AM GMT 25 Mar 2009 Malcolm Robertson, 64, was killed while sailing with his wife Linda, 57, near Koh Dong, an island off southern Thailand. Police Captain Suparak Pongkarnjana said: "The victim shouted for help and they slit his throat with a knife and hit him before throwing his body overboard." He said Mr Robertson's body had not yet been found. Capt Pongkarnjana said Mrs Robertson was forced to steer the yacht to shore but the pirates fled on a raft when they saw Thai national park employees passing by in a boat. Mrs Robertson's brother, John Clee, said she was tied up and held hostage in the yacht's cabin for up to 10 hours. She feared she too would be killed but the three men fled, leaving her injured but alive. Mr Clee, 63, said his sister and her husband were qualified yacht masters who had sailed round the world. He said Mr Robertson, the owner of a chain of coffee shops in and around his home town of Hastings, East Sussex, was fulfilling a life-long dream by spending the winter months sailing around warmer climes in his 44ft yacht with his wife. He said Mr Robertson was semi-retired, with his children taking over the running of the business in recent years. Mr Clee, from Battle, said his brother-in-law was a very popular and very knowledgeable man, with a very strong personality. He and his wife of 25 years each had two children from previous relationships, and had seven grandchildren between them. Mr Clee said all four children were on their way to Thailand to offer their support to Mrs Robertson, who escaped with minor injuries. "She's got swollen arms and legs because she was tied up for eight to 10 hours in the cabin. She didn't know what was happening to Malcolm, she was kept locked up." Mr Clee, who spoke to his sister yesterday, said the robbers took her up to the deck from time to time when they needed her help with sailing the yacht. She realised her husband was probably dead when she saw there was blood all over the deck and she feared she too would be killed. You can find the original story HERE (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/thailand/5047125/British-man-killed-by-pirates-off-Thailand-had-throat-slit.html) And you can read more about this story in my Pirate News posts on the Forum (http://forum.piratesahoy.net//index.php?showtopic=12271&st=160&start=160)  Read on for this weeks Weekly Piracy Report!
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