{"id":773070,"date":"2019-12-29T08:14:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T08:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/29\/severed-heads-found-on-ghost-boat-on-japan-shore\/"},"modified":"2019-12-29T08:14:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T08:14:15","slug":"severed-heads-found-on-ghost-boat-on-japan-shore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/29\/severed-heads-found-on-ghost-boat-on-japan-shore\/","title":{"rendered":"Severed heads found on ghost boat on Japan shore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/skull-97517.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-more-body\" data-reactid=\".22swu5851e2.1.e.0.0.0.5.1\"><!--sse--><!-- C-ON- TEXT_CONTENT_START --><\/p>\n<p>Sado Island &#8211; Two severed heads and the skeletal remains of five people were found on Saturday on a \u2018ghost boat\u2019 that washed up in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The heavily damaged wooden vessel was discovered by coastguards stranded on the shoreline of Sado Island.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is believed it had been carrying people trying to cross the Sea of Japan after fleeing North Korea. The state of the bodies suggests the victims had been at sea for some time.<\/p>\n<p>The boat was first spotted washed up on Friday but bad weather prevented officials from boarding it until on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Wooden \u2018ghost boats\u2019 \u2013 often rickety, simple vessels without modern engines or navigation instruments \u2013 have washed up before in Japan.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".22swu5851e2.0.1d\">!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {\n                        if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function() {\n                           n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                        fbq('init', '794201197427829');\n                        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                           <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".22swu5851e2.1.4\">(function(d, s, id) {\n                    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n                    js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9\";\n                    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\" id=\"facebook-jssdk\" async=\"\" data-reactid=\".22swu5851e2.1.u\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sado Island &#8211; Two severed heads and the skeletal remains of five people were found on Saturday on a \u2018ghost boat\u2019 that washed up in Japan. 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