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Greek Coast Guard Says a Migrant Speedboat It Was Chasing Overturned, Leaving 2 Dead
The speedboat capsized after evading the Greek coast guard, resulting in 19 migrants rescued and two deaths, with three survivors arrested on smuggling charges.
- A speedboat carrying migrants overturned near Rhodes during a pursuit by the Greek coast guard, resulting in the deaths of a man and a boy, according to the coast guard.
- Sixteen people were rescued from the sea, while three survivors were arrested on suspicions of migrant smuggling, facing charges including negligent homicide, the port police reported.
- This incident follows a similar tragedy where four people died after a boat sank near Lesbos, highlighting ongoing migrant dangers in the region.
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Greek coast guard says a migrant speedboat it was chasing overturned, leaving 2 dead
The Greek coast guard says a speedboat carrying migrants overturned while it was being chased by a patrol vessel near the island of Rhodes, leaving a man and a boy dead.
On Tuesday, activist and journalist Ring Pashdry revealed the crash of a boat with fewer Iraqi immigrants in the Aegean Sea, killing two people and saving 19 others. Peshdry, a reporter from the Shafq News Agency, said that "a boat with fewer Iraqi immigrants, the majority of whom are from Kordistan territory, was sunk north of Rhodes Island in the Aegean," explaining that "rescue teams were able to find the bodies of a child and a man, while 19…
Two refugees, a minor child and a man, were found dead off the coast of Rhodes. According to the Coast Guard, a patrol boat spotted an inflatable boat with 19 people on board. During the rescue operation, two bodies were found, a man and a minor child. According to the Coast Guard, the rescue operation was launched on Tuesday morning (14/10) in the sea area north of Rhodes, when a patrol boat of the Coast Guard - Hellenic Coast Guard spotted an …
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