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Migrant Boat Death Toll Rises to 15: Greek Coastguard
 [ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Greece’s coastguard said Monday at least 15 people including children have died in a suspected migrant boat sinking off the Aegean island of Lesbos.Eight of the bodies were recovered in Greek waters while the Turkish coastguard found another seven bodies, a Greek coastguard spokeswoman told AFP. Two women, one of them pregnant, were recovered alive. "According to the pregnant woman, there were 25 people on board the boat that sank," the coastguard spokeswoman said. The dead apparently include nine men, four women and two children, she said. Greek authorities had received no distress call prior to finding the bodies, the coastguard spokeswoman said. Posted by: Fred 2017-04-25 |
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