At least 15 dead after wooden boat sinks off Indonesia's Sulawesi island
The boat sank just after midnight (1700 GMT on Sunday) with 48 people on board, the local office of Indonesia's search and rescue agency said in a statement.
At least 15 people were killed after a wooden boat sank off the coast of Indonesia's Sulawesi island on Monday. Search and rescue officials said that all missing passengers had been accounted for. The cause of the sinking was being investigated. (AP)
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27 other passengers had been accounted for and all the victims had been identified, Muhamad Arafah, head of the local search and rescue agency in Kendari city in Southeast Sulawesi, said in the statement. (REUTERS)
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Six people were rescued and taken to hospital for treatment, it added, and the cause of the sinking was being investigated. (REUTERS)
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