Barkho family...cruise ship
The Barkho family at the centre of the brawling on board the cruise ship have now asked for police protection.
"As the family was offloaded on to police boats on Friday morning, passengers yelled from above on deck, yelling: “Get off” and: “You’re not heroes, you’re deros”.
One of the evicted members of the family held up a derisive finger in response.
Their removal from the ship came after passengers said a large family had “picked on Aussies” and “strangled and punched” passengers for three days before Carnival Legend called police and offloaded the relatives."
Curious about the words "picked on Aussies"...(I thought the Barko family were Aussies?)....however a search reveals it is a Syrian name and it would appear the family are of Lebanese descent.
The cruise ship security should have locked them up in cells and offloaded them at the next port to let them find their way home
or locked up until handed over to the police at the end of the trip