I received the following information from a regular reader of this blog, who wishes to remain anonymous. 

"Today’s Bild (translates to "Picture", Germany’s largest circulation daily) reports cruise ship Aida Prima was hit by 23 ft waves in the North Sea as it was returning to home port Hamburg on Friday evening from a week-long

Yesterday a cruise passenger was murdered while ashore in Venezuela’s Margarita island.

The international press reports that "a gunman shot dead an elderly German tourist on Venezuela’s Margarita island," in the latest incident "illustrating the country’s rampant crime." 

Reuters identified the dead man as Goldhahm Hors Kurt, age 76, from Germany.

A German cruise blog explains that