25 dead as migrant boat sinks off Turkish coast

28 January 2016, 6:23 pm

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Greece’s coast guard raises the death toll from a migrant boat sinking to 25, after recovering seven more bodies from the sea off the northern coast of Samos, an island near the Turkish coast. Ten of the dead are children.

The coast guard says the bodies of five girls, five boys, 10 men and five women have been recovered, while 10 people had been rescued.

A search and rescue operation is continuing in the area, the coast guard says. Survivors’ accounts of how many people had been on board were unclear, and authorities are uncertain of how many more people might be missing.

The passengers had been traveling in a wooden boat that partially sank. The exact circumstances of the incident were unclear.