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Five killed after migrant boat hits coast guard vessel off northwest Turkey
A high-speed migrant boat carrying 34 irregular migrants collided with a Turkish Coast Guard vessel, resulting in five deaths, one serious injury, and an ongoing search for a missing person.
- Five people were killed and one was seriously injured when a boat carrying irregular migrants collided with a Turkish Coast Guard Command boat in western Türkiye on Sunday.
- Authorities reported that 34 irregular immigrants and a migrant smuggler were aboard the boat at the time of the collision.
- Local prosecutors have launched an investigation into the incident as a search is underway for one migrant reported missing after the crash.
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Five Dead in Collision Between Migrant Boat and Turkish Coast Guard Vessel
On Sunday, a migrant vessel collided with a Turkish coast guard vessel at high speed off the coast of Turkey, killing five people and wounding one more. The collision occurred off Ayvalik on Turkey's Aegean coast, near the island of Lesvos. According to the governorate of the Balikesir region, there were 34 people aboard the boat, including the operator, and all aboard went into the water. Five bodies were recovered during the ensuing search an…
Five killed after migrant boat hits coast guard vessel off northwest Turkey
Five people were killed and another severely wounded when a boat carrying migrants hit a Turkish coast guard vessel off northwest Turkey on Sunday, a local governor's office said, adding a search operation was underway for a missing person.
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