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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Joseph Gedeon and Chris Stein in Washington and agencies

US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before second deadly attack, video shows

A boat seen from the air
A social media post by Donald Trump shows a boat carrying alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean in September. Photograph: Truth Social/AFP/Getty

Two men who survived a US airstrike on a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean clung to the wreckage for an hour before they were killed in a second attack, according to a video of the episode shown to senators in Washington.

The men were shirtless, unarmed and carried no visible radio or other communications equipment. They also appeared to have no idea what had just hit them, or that the US military was weighing whether to finish them off, two sources familiar with the recording told Reuters.

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