One dead, eight missing after Indonesian fishing boat capsizes


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JAKARTA (Xinhua): An Indonesian fisherman was found dead on Monday (March 21) and eight others went missing after a wooden fishing boat carrying 12 people capsized Sunday evening in the country's waters near Pulau Pasir in the province of East Nusa Tenggara.

As reported by Indonesia's national news agency Antara, the Indonesian Navy's Kupang Main Naval Base commander Heribertus Yudho Warsono (pic) said Monday that rescuers had found a man's body believed to be one of the nine fishermen who went missing after the boat accident.

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