A Royal Caribbean crew member jumped overboard to his death on Thursday night after stabbing another crew member on the cruise, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
The crew member, a 35-year-old South African man, allegedly stabbed a 28-year-old South African woman multiple times onboard the Icon of the Seas cruise ship shortly before 7:30 p.m., police said in a statement to NBC News. The ship was in the waters off the coast of San Salvador Island in the Bahamas.
The man then fled the scene and jumped off the ship, according to police. He was later found dead by onboard medical staff.
The woman suffered stab wounds to her upper body and is in stable condition according to police.
A Royal Caribbean spokesperson said the incident was “a personal dispute,” but did not provide any further details.
“One of the crew members was injured, was attended to by the onboard medical team, and she is now in stable condition,” the spokesperson said. “Unfortunately, the other crew member is deceased after he went overboard and was recovered in a search and rescue operation.”
Royal Caribbean did not identify the crew members involved in the incident.
An autopsy to determine the man’s exact cause of death is pending, according to police.
