Migrant boat capsizes off Turkey, at least 19 dead

A fast-moving vessel carrying Afghan migrants capsized successful the Aegean Sea connected Wednesday while attempting to evade the Turkish seashore defender successful unsmooth waters, leaving 19 dormant – including a baby, officials said. 

The Turkish Coast Guard Command said the vessel carrying dozens of migrants ignored repeated warnings to stop and attempted to fly astatine precocious speed. It began to take connected water successful the choppy waters and yet capsized. At slightest 20 different migrants were rescued.

The sinking occurred disconnected the coastal metropolis of Bodrum, a fashionable Turkish vacation destination. 

Rescue teams supported by a chopper dispatched from the adjacent metropolis of Izmir initially pulled 21 survivors from the water and recovered 18 bodies, the Coast Guard said. One of the migrants aboriginal died successful hospital.

The hunt is continuing for astatine slightest 1 different idiosyncratic who is unaccounted for, the Coast Guard said.

All of the migrants were from Afghanistan, and the victims included a baby, according to Idris Akbiyik, the politician for Mugla state where Bodrum is located, who was cited by the state-run Anadolu Agency. [AP]