KAGOSHIMA – The results of 13-hour autopsies performed Friday on two crew members of an unidentified ship that sank Dec. 22 after exchanging fire with Japanese patrol boats indicate they probably drowned, officials of the Japan Coast Guard said Saturday.
The coast guard had commissioned doctors to conduct the autopsies at Kagoshima University.
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