Seven immigrants drown, two missing
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
Eight people were saved, seven drowned while another two are missing, after a vessel carrying illegal immigrants sunk last night northeast of cape Korakas-Mytilene island.
Seven people were found dead and two are still missing, after a vessel carrying illegal immigrants sunk last night, a little after midnight. The remaining 8 persons aboard were saved. Among the dead are two children.
The search for two more persons-possibly men- still continues in the area, with the aid of two vessels and a super-puma helicopter.
The reasons for this tragedy still remain unknown.
Tagged under
Related items
-
Greece to classify elder phone scams as felonies amid nationwide 'epidemic'
-
Navios advances shipbuilding program with 11th 115,000-dwt tanker
-
Mitsotakis warns Turkey: No room for "War Threats" and sovereignty challenges amid EU bid
-
Super swimmer Spyros Chrysikopoulos became the first person to swim from Greece to Italy
-
‘Unprecedented Crime’: Lawyer says German mother in Athens baby case denies harm
Latest from E.Tsiliopoulos
- Greece to classify elder phone scams as felonies amid nationwide 'epidemic'
- Navios advances shipbuilding program with 11th 115,000-dwt tanker
- Mitsotakis warns Turkey: No room for "War Threats" and sovereignty challenges amid EU bid
- Super swimmer Spyros Chrysikopoulos became the first person to swim from Greece to Italy
- ‘Unprecedented Crime’: Lawyer says German mother in Athens baby case denies harm
