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Akash Sama­roo

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says the ves­sel at the cen­tre of the Unit­ed States’ “dou­ble tap” con­tro­ver­sy may not have been fly­ing a flag and was there­fore treat­ed as a pi­rate ves­sel.

How­ev­er, Per­sad-Bisses­sar yes­ter­day stopped short of pro­nounc­ing on the in­ci­dent, which some in the Unit­ed States have de­scribed as a “war crime.”