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Two Chinese cargo ships were attacked and their crews murdered on a stretch of the Mekong River in far northern Thailand.
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Mekong River massacre
2011 hijacking of two Chinese cargo ships and subsequent massacre of all 13 crew members
The Mekong River massacre occurred on the morning of 5 October 2011, when two Chinese cargo ships were attacked on a stretch of the Mekong River in the Golden Triangle region on the borders of Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand. All 13 crew members on both ships were killed and dumped…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mekong
Major river in Southeast Asia
The Mekong or Mekong River is a transboundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth-longest river and the third-longest in Asia with an estimated length of 4,909 km (3,050 mi) and a drainage area of 795,000 km2 (307,000 sq mi), discharging 475 km3 (114…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)