cook or servers on the line serving food? Another theory. Finding very little regarding cause of death.
ping ... found anything?
I don’t think anyone on the ship. Having said that, I remember, many years ago, a coastie was busted for selling seamans documents to illegal, drum roll, amish, Seattle.
Still might be an Al Quada connection. Maybe the guys were somehow exposed in the previous port. Did they buy something or accept something from a “friendly”.
Easy to target someone when they think the danger level is past. 12-15 years ago an MST (Military Sea Transport, called something different today, I’m not keeping up) tanker had just put their shotguns away when they thought they were out of the pirate zone, Malaca Straits, and they got hit.