YANGON (AFP) - A boat carrying almost 70 Rohingya refugees fleeing sectarian tensions capsized off Myanmar's coast, police said Sunday, leaving dozens missing in treacherous seas.
"Altogether 66 people - 38 men and 28 women - were on board when the boat capsized," a police official in Myanmar's Rakhine state told AFP, adding six survivors had been found.
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