11 dead as migrant boat sinks off Turkey coast

Most bodies were found on the shore.


Eleven people drowned and four remained missing in a migrant boat sinking off Turkey’s Aegean coast on Friday, local media reported.

The bodies of the dead were found on the shore in the western province of Aydin, the private Dogan news agency reported. Seven others on board the inflatable dinghy were found alive, the agency added.

© Agence France-Presse

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