Passengers on Southampton cruise ship Adonia shot in Caribbean

5:29pm Monday 18th March 2013 in News Photograph of the Author By Luke Tugby, Senior reporter

Adonia in Southampton Water Adonia in Southampton Water

Two British tourists who were travelling on board a Southampton-based cruise ship are in hospital after being shot during a stop in the Caribbean.

Police in Barbados said that a man in his 70s and a woman in her 50s were being given emergency treatment after being shot during an attempted robbery in the capital Bridgetown.

It is believed the two passengers were returning to P&O Cruises ship Adonia, when the incident took place.

The man was hit in his left side, while the woman received a gunshot injury to her right thigh.

The pair were among hundreds of holidaymakers travelling on board the Southampton-based liner on an 85-night world cruise, which left Southampton on January 8.

The ship, which is the smallest in the P&O fleet, is due to return to the city on April 3.

A spokesperson from P&O Cruises said: “Two passengers on Adonia have been hospitalised in Bridgetown, Barbados following an incident onshore. Local authorities are investigating.

“Our shore-side customer care team and ship's medical team are providing support as necessary.”

A statement from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: “We are aware of an incident involving two British tourists in Bridgetown, Barbados.

“We are providing consular assistance.”

Comments(13)

apm1954 says...
6:06pm Mon 18 Mar 13

barbados dump crime everywhere

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solomum says...
7:56pm Mon 18 Mar 13

This could just have easily happened in Southampton. How many stories do we read in the Echo regarding cruise passengers being attacked in Barbados? How many do we read about people being attacked in Southampton. Hmmm.

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IronLady2010 says...
8:15pm Mon 18 Mar 13

solomum wrote:
This could just have easily happened in Southampton. How many stories do we read in the Echo regarding cruise passengers being attacked in Barbados? How many do we read about people being attacked in Southampton. Hmmm.
Thankfully, we don't hear much about gun wounds in Southampton.

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cantthinkofone says...
9:21pm Mon 18 Mar 13

IronLady2010 wrote:
solomum wrote:
This could just have easily happened in Southampton. How many stories do we read in the Echo regarding cruise passengers being attacked in Barbados? How many do we read about people being attacked in Southampton. Hmmm.
Thankfully, we don't hear much about gun wounds in Southampton.
Not sure what point any of the comments above are making?
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Poverty-ridden areas have higher levels of crime. That's not a new discovery.
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Glad that the couple are both stable and safe, with guns or knives involved it could easily have been much worse.

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solomum says...
11:11pm Mon 18 Mar 13

IronLady2010 wrote:
solomum wrote:
This could just have easily happened in Southampton. How many stories do we read in the Echo regarding cruise passengers being attacked in Barbados? How many do we read about people being attacked in Southampton. Hmmm.
Thankfully, we don't hear much about gun wounds in Southampton.
We do however, hear a lot about knife crime. 3 articles just today.

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IronLady2010 says...
11:13pm Mon 18 Mar 13

solomum wrote:
IronLady2010 wrote:
solomum wrote:
This could just have easily happened in Southampton. How many stories do we read in the Echo regarding cruise passengers being attacked in Barbados? How many do we read about people being attacked in Southampton. Hmmm.
Thankfully, we don't hear much about gun wounds in Southampton.
We do however, hear a lot about knife crime. 3 articles just today.
This means we have the correct gun Laws in place.

We can't stop knife crime or how would we peel our spuds? ;-)

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st1halo says...
11:34pm Mon 18 Mar 13

Should have gone First Class!

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StevieSteve says...
11:49pm Mon 18 Mar 13

cantthinkofone wrote:
IronLady2010 wrote:
solomum wrote:
This could just have easily happened in Southampton. How many stories do we read in the Echo regarding cruise passengers being attacked in Barbados? How many do we read about people being attacked in Southampton. Hmmm.
Thankfully, we don't hear much about gun wounds in Southampton.
Not sure what point any of the comments above are making?
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Poverty-ridden areas have higher levels of crime. That's not a new discovery.
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Glad that the couple are both stable and safe, with guns or knives involved it could easily have been much worse.
Of course, because Barbados is sooooo poverty stricken!? Lol

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StevieSteve says...
11:49pm Mon 18 Mar 13

solomum wrote:
This could just have easily happened in Southampton. How many stories do we read in the Echo regarding cruise passengers being attacked in Barbados? How many do we read about people being attacked in Southampton. Hmmm.
What is your point?

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townieboy says...
6:17am Tue 19 Mar 13

I was at Bridgetown last year. If you wonder round there its a chance you take. Go down the wrong back street and your asking for it. While i was there a couple were held up at 4pm and robbed. Not a place to flash any money or jewelry. Should thing they were advised before going ashore.

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solomum says...
8:04am Tue 19 Mar 13

StevieSteve wrote:
solomum wrote:
This could just have easily happened in Southampton. How many stories do we read in the Echo regarding cruise passengers being attacked in Barbados? How many do we read about people being attacked in Southampton. Hmmm.
What is your point?
apm1954 suggested that Barbados is crime ridden. I was pointing out that it could have happened in Southampton. We regularly hear stories of attacks on our home ground, but this is the first article about cruise passengers being attacked in Barbados. If the news is anything to go by, then Southampton is more crime ridden than Barbados.

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S!monOn says...
11:09am Tue 19 Mar 13

solomum wrote:
StevieSteve wrote:
solomum wrote:
This could just have easily happened in Southampton. How many stories do we read in the Echo regarding cruise passengers being attacked in Barbados? How many do we read about people being attacked in Southampton. Hmmm.
What is your point?
apm1954 suggested that Barbados is crime ridden. I was pointing out that it could have happened in Southampton. We regularly hear stories of attacks on our home ground, but this is the first article about cruise passengers being attacked in Barbados. If the news is anything to go by, then Southampton is more crime ridden than Barbados.
This is a local paper reporting a story about a ship that's based in Southampton.

Why would it want to report on the many crimes happening in Barbados not related to Southampton or British residents?

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cantthinkofone says...
6:02pm Tue 19 Mar 13

StevieSteve wrote:
cantthinkofone wrote:
IronLady2010 wrote:
solomum wrote:
This could just have easily happened in Southampton. How many stories do we read in the Echo regarding cruise passengers being attacked in Barbados? How many do we read about people being attacked in Southampton. Hmmm.
Thankfully, we don't hear much about gun wounds in Southampton.
Not sure what point any of the comments above are making?
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Poverty-ridden areas have higher levels of crime. That's not a new discovery.
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Glad that the couple are both stable and safe, with guns or knives involved it could easily have been much worse.
Of course, because Barbados is sooooo poverty stricken!? Lol
Twenty percent of the people there live below the poverty line.
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So for one in five of them yes, it is.

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