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Egypt boat capsize: 12 migrants die, over 100 rescued | |
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At least 12 migrants have drowned and some 116 were rescued after their boat capsized near the Egyptian port of Alexandria, security officials said. | |
The boat sank early on Friday. The survivors, mostly Palestinians and Syrians, were taken to a naval base. | |
The incident comes a week after at least 311 migrants died when their boat sank off an Italian island. | The incident comes a week after at least 311 migrants died when their boat sank off an Italian island. |
Only 155 people survived the disaster near Lampedusa - divers are still searching for bodies there. | |
Alexandria's security chief, Amin Ezzeddin, told the BBC that the survivors of the latest incident included 40 Syrians, 72 Palestinians and four Egyptians. | |
They were initially taken to a naval base in the Alexandria district of Ras al-Tin and then to a police station. | |
The accident follows another capsizing involving Syrians and Palestinians off the coast of Alexandria 10 days ago. |