Two dead, seven missing in fishing boat accident


TWO Filipino fishermen have died and seven are missing after their vessel took on water off the Philippines, the coast guard said, with an open-sea search continuing.

Fourteen of the 23 crew members of the Genesis 2 were rescued by other fishing vessels shortly after the pre-dawn incident on Thursday, 337 kilometres east of the main southern island of Mindanao.

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