ANKARA, Dec 17: Seven bodies were recovered on Monday after a boat carrying illegal immigrants sank off southwest Turkey.
It was the second deadly accident in as many weeks, local officials told Anatolia news agency.
The coast guard located the wreck of the six-metre (20-foot) boat off the popular Aegean resort of Bodrum. Several of the bodies were found inside the vessel, Bodrum’s sub-governor Abdullah Kalkan said.
Nine people — seven Afghans, a Pakistani and a Turk suspected of being an organisers of the clandestine trip — managed to swim ashore, Anatolia said.—AFP
