MILAN (AP) — Italy’s coast guard was searching by sea and from the air on Thursday for dozens of people missing when a boat capsized and partially sank earlier this week in the perilous central Mediterranean, officials said. The partially submerged boat was still in view, but the commander of the search operation said that […]
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How a boat carrying Rohingya children, women and men capsized
MEULABOH, Indonesia (AP) — Huddled on board the boat, the 12-year-old girl quaked with fear. The captain and crew who she says had tortured her and three other women and girls were not finished. And the punishment for disobedience, the men warned, would be death. It was the third night that the girl and around […]
How a boat carrying Rohingya children, women and men capsized
MEULABOH, Indonesia (AP) — The boat glided across waters that were dark and still, under a night sky that was cloudless and calm. But on board, the 12-year-old girl quaked with fear. The captain and crew who she says had tortured her and three other women and girls were not finished. And the punishment for […]
Six more bodies are found days after a boat of Rohingya refugees capsized off Indonesia
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Six more bodies of Rohingya refugees have been found at sea off Indonesia after a boat with more than 150 people aboard capsized last week, local authorities said Monday. The bodies of the six women were found off the coast of Aceh province, search and rescue officials said in a […]
Dozens of refugees rescued in Indonesia after night on hull of capsized boat
An Indonesian search and rescue ship on Thursday located a capsized wooden boat that had been carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslim refugees and began pulling survivors who had been standing on its hull to safety. An AP photographer aboard the rescue ship said 10 people had been taken aboard local fishing boats, and the Indonesian […]
Man Attacked by Crocodile While Trying to Swim to Shore After His Boat Capsized at Florida Park
“Rangers and park biologists are continuing to investigate the incident and monitor the suspected crocodile,” officials said Getty Stock photo of a crocodile A man was trying to swim to shore after his sailboat capsized when the incident occurred The victim was reportedly in stable condition as he was transferred to the hospital “Rangers and […]
Body recovered from Richland County pond after boat capsized
PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WJW) — A body was recovered from a pond in Richland County Sunday afternoon, the Ohio Department of Natural resources (ODNR) reported. The search for the person began Saturday evening after a boat capsized on Mackey’s Pond in Plymouth Township. Fire levels clubhouse, home at ‘loved’ local golf course Two other people […]