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The island of St. Lucia is downplaying a mass robbery of cruisers on Friday, with St. Lucia Tourist Board Chairman Mathew Beaubrun calling it a "rare incident." Celebrity Cruises says 55 passengers and two crew members from the Celebrity Eclipse were robbed by gunpoint in the middle of the day at one of the island's top tourist attractions, the Botanical Gardens in Soufriere. RELATED: Lines return to St. Kitts after robbery PHOTO TOUR: Look inside the Celebrity Eclipse No one was injured during the incident, and all of the passengers returned to the ship unharmed, the line says. "We are thankful that none of our guests were injured in this unfortunate event, and will continue to provide them any support they may need," Celebrity says in a statement. "A vacation is supposed to be filled with fun, rejuvenation and relaxation. An act of crime should not be part of any vacation, and we regret our guests had to experience those events." The robbed passengers had been on two different Celebrity-organized shore excursions that were sharing the same bus: A "Breathtaking Soufriere and Warm Mineral Baths" tour and a "Land and Sea to the Pitons" tour. The Celebrity Eclipse is in the midst of on a 14-night Caribbean cruise that departed Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on April 6. In addition to St. Lucia, the itinerary includes stops in St. Thomas; St. Maarten; Antigua; Barbados; Grenada; Aruba; and Curacao.
News source: www.usatoday.com
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