ATHENS: The death toll from the sinking of a migrant boat last week off the Greek resort island of Mykonos has tripled to nine after six more bodies were found in the sea and on a nearby island, officials said on Tuesday. others remain missing.
A Coast Guard statement said divers found the bodies of four women and a man at a depth of 30 meters (100 feet) inside the sunken speedboat on Tuesday. turkey, It said the body of an 18-year-old woman from the boat was also found on a rocky section of the coast on Monday Antiparosanother island in Cyclades group in the middle Aegean Sea,
His nationality was not made public.
Two men survived the shipwreck and swam to shore at Mykonos. They told rescuers that there were 17 people on board, of whom six were still missing. He said none of the passengers were wearing lifejackets.
A plastic speedboat capsized and sank northeast of Mykonos on Friday, triggering an extensive rescue operation by air and sea. The bodies of two adult females and one adult male were recovered several hours later.
Mykonos is located more than 150 kilometers (95 mi) from the nearest point on the Turkish coast.
Smugglers based in Turkey have often chosen open sea routes in recent years to try to avoid the heavily patrolled waters of the eastern Aegean, where several large Greek islands lie close to the Turkish coast. they either go Italy Or to the Cyclades.
A Coast Guard statement said divers found the bodies of four women and a man at a depth of 30 meters (100 feet) inside the sunken speedboat on Tuesday. turkey, It said the body of an 18-year-old woman from the boat was also found on a rocky section of the coast on Monday Antiparosanother island in Cyclades group in the middle Aegean Sea,
His nationality was not made public.
Two men survived the shipwreck and swam to shore at Mykonos. They told rescuers that there were 17 people on board, of whom six were still missing. He said none of the passengers were wearing lifejackets.
A plastic speedboat capsized and sank northeast of Mykonos on Friday, triggering an extensive rescue operation by air and sea. The bodies of two adult females and one adult male were recovered several hours later.
Mykonos is located more than 150 kilometers (95 mi) from the nearest point on the Turkish coast.
Smugglers based in Turkey have often chosen open sea routes in recent years to try to avoid the heavily patrolled waters of the eastern Aegean, where several large Greek islands lie close to the Turkish coast. they either go Italy Or to the Cyclades.