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| Ten dead after boat capsizes in Thailand leaving 'hundreds trapped' | Ten dead after boat capsizes in Thailand leaving 'hundreds trapped' |
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| At least 10 people are feared dead after a boat carrying around 150 passengers capsized in a river. | At least 10 people are feared dead after a boat carrying around 150 passengers capsized in a river. |
| Dozens more are thought to still be missing in the Chao Praya River in the southern province of Ayutthaya after the boat reportedly hit the pillar of a bridge. | |
| Reoprts suggest hundreds are trapped under the water. | |
| Video footage posted on Twitter shows the boat half-submerged as people in yellow T-shirts, who appear to be a tourist group on board, struggle to escape the sinking vessel. | |
| Divers and rescue workers are currently searching for those who are missing. | |
| Local media has reported that those killed were Muslim tourists returning from a visit to a new mosque in the city of Ayutthaya. | |
| The group are said to have just boarded the boat to leave when the vessel is said to have hit a bridge pillar before capsizing in front of hundreds of fellow vistors stood on the pier. | |
| One of the dead is said to be a child. | One of the dead is said to be a child. |
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