60 killed after Turkish refugee boat sinks
September 07, 2012  03:18

At least 60 people have died when a fishing boat carrying migrants sank off the western Turkish coast, officials have told the Anatolia news agency.

 

Dozens of survivors, mostly from Iraq and Syria, were able to swim through the Aegean waters to the shore, just 50 metres away, after the accident on Thursday.

 

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