At least five Cubans, including a young girl, died on Saturday when a speedboat taking migrants to Florida collided with a Border Guard vessel and flipped over, the interior ministry said. Eighteen people were rescued from the waters north of Bahia Honda, in western Cuba, where the collision occurred, the statement said. The fatalities included […]
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23 dead after boat sinks in Bangladesh: police
Dhaka: At least 23 people were killed and several dozen more were missing on Sunday after a boat capsized in a river in Bangladesh, police said. “We have recovered 23 bodies. Firefighters and divers are searching for more bodies,” local police official Shafiqul Islam told AFP. The boat was packed with up to 50 Hindu […]
10 killed in Sadiqabad boat mishap
SADIQABAD: At least ten persons were killed and several others were still missing after a boat capsized near Machka area of Sadiqabad district, Rescue and Police sources reported on Monday. According to Assistant Commissioner Sadiqabad, a wedding party using a boat was crossing the Machka area to celebrate wedding ceremony when suddenly the boat capsized […]
30 dead after boat capsizes in Nigeria
Thirty people drowned when an overloaded boat capsized in central Nigeria’s Niger state, an emergency official told AFP Monday. The boat ferrying 100 local traders split into two after hitting a stump during a windstorm as they were returning from a market on Saturday, said Ibrahim Audu Hussein, the spokesman for Niger state emergency agency. […]
Captain arrested in Hungary boat accident as families arrive
Hungarian police have detained the captain of a cruise ship that collided with a sightseeing boat packed with South Korean tourists, causing it to sink quickly in the Danube River, as loved ones of the missing and dead were expected to arrive Friday in Budapest. Seven people are confirmed dead and seven have been rescued, […]