UPDATE: Floating body is Lebanese native Walid Kashour
Information from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is that the man, a resident of Manuel Reef, was discovered with his hands & feet tied after he was pulled from the water, however, it remains unclear what transpired.
While Police had received intelligence on the name of the victim, they were hesitant to confirm the information earlier today pending further investigations.
Our newsroom will provide more information as it becomes available.
See previous story published last evening Friday, February 19, 2021
Police treating SCB floating body as homicide
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI - Investigators at the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) are now treating today's February 19, 2021, discovery of a man's body in Sea Cows Bay as a homicide investigation.
The black male clad in a white shirt was discovered this morning at around 8:30 am today, floating in waters close to the Valerie O. Thomas Community Centre.
Sources indicated to Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) that the hands & feet of the body were discovered tied.
While the body of the adult male is still to be identified, police investigation continues.
Our news centre will bring more information as it becomes available.
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67 Responses to “UPDATE: Floating body is Lebanese native Walid Kashour ”
Manuel Reef is around the corner from where the body was found. They could have killed him at home in Manuel Reef and dumped him in the water there and he floated over to where he was found or went straight by the Community Center and did it there ...this is too close to the death of Bob.
Investigate Investigate Investigate!!!!!!!!
Are you from this place .
where you born is where you from so think before you speak
And also back in the day in the leeward island federation Antigua which was the main Island was keeping everything for herself education business opportunities etc that is why a protest was lead to break away from the federation. Its the same cry the Crucians have with the St.Thomians and they hate each other. Also, many BVIslanders drown going to St.thonmas to carry food to sell to the st. thomians and stones for them to build houses drown.
You all talk about BVIslanders hating expats but you never speak about how BVislanders are hated by expats and the bad treatment they received sometimes in their own country when they were at disadvantage. We have too much people here who don't intend to work in their own country or here.
We welcome those who want to come and make something of themselves and contribute and don't just care about the dollar that they would do anything to get.
So why the outrage over what we in BVI call them today?
Up and they are cleaning house from top to bottom. That is the price you pay when you are in the game. People better start laying low because a lot more is going to end up like the guy bound and tied up floating in the bay.
There js a small community Brazilian here in the BVI (probably 20 or even less) and although I don't know all I never heard about this man.
Sympathy to the family. Whatever all these killings about I pray it has now ended and no more in the highrise
The person is only saying the name is not heritage to Brazil and they’re right. The man is Lebanese.
If this happened in Brazil and the Brazilian news site reported a popular BVI last name as Brazilian, any BVIslander resident in Brazil would have made a similar post.
Stop acting brand new. Are you saying he tied himself up
Your intelligence are
So now we can target the importers of the gun and coke trade among us. The *SERIO*S. Who does check their cargo at the ports? Or do we also have to look at our custom officers like the police for corruption? Lots of their off springs behave as if they run things around the bvi. They are another set of up and comming thugs right here. But then again, to every change of government they are at the table of discussion. The labour codes is ignored when it comes to them. They promote modern day slavery among their work places. They treat female workers different to their own females!. They need to be buoy cutted in their businesses. And they are to be blamed for body search at airports and I dont support them!!
and activities. This latest ,in my opinion,places the VI in a spotlight we cannot afford.