5 die as migrant boat sinks off Turkish coast

By Zafer Akpinar

BALIKESIR, Turkey

Five refugees drowned off Turkey’s Aegean Sea coast after their boat sank, Turkish official said on Tuesday. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Namik Kemal Nazli, the governor of the Ayvalik district of Balikesir province in western Turkey, said eight people were rescued out of the 13 on the boat when it sank near Maden Island.

“Four children and a woman died and eight others were rescued. There is three-year-old child among the rescued,” he said.

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Source: aa.com.tr

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