At least nine people die, six missing as boat sinks off Tunisia
Al Jazeera
Coastguard rescues 27 people on the boat when it broke down and took on water due to bad weather.
Tunisia’s coastguard has recovered the bodies of nine people while six are still missing after their boat sank off the Tunisian coast, a judicial official says of the latest refugee boat disaster in the Mediterranean.
The coastguard on Thursday rescued at least 27 people who were on the boat when it broke down and took on water due to bad weather. According to survivors’ testimonies, the boat had been carrying at least 42 people when it sank.
Judge Farid Ben Jha told the Reuters news agency that a search was under way for at least six people who had been on the boat when it went down off the coast of Chebba.
All people on the boat were from sub-Saharan African countries.
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