2 bodies recovered and about 12 missing after migrant boat capsized off Tunisian coast
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A boat carrying migrants has capsized off southern Tunisia, and at least two people have died and around 12 are missing. Tunisia's national guard reported this on Saturday. One survivor was rescued. Authorities recovered two bodies and transferred them to a hospital on the nearby island of Djerba.
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Following the rescue, a helicopter and coast guard boats were sent to the area to search for additional survivors, according to an Associated Press photojournalist at the scene.
A boat carrying migrants has capsized off southern Tunisia, and at least two people have died and around 12 are missing. Tunisia's national guard reported this on Saturday. One survivor was rescued. Authorities recovered two bodies and transferred them to a hospital on the nearby island of Djerba.
A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of southern Tunisia, killing at least two people and leaving 12 missing, Tunisia's national guard said Saturday. One survivor was rescued.
TUNIS, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Eleven bodies have been recovered by Tunisia's coastguard after a boat carrying Tunisian migrants sank at the weekend en route to Italy, with three others still unaccounted for, the National Guard said on Sunday.
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