Fifteen dead, all missing passengers found after Indonesia boat sinks (update)


Members of a rescue team setting out to conduct search and rescue operations in Buton Tengah, southeast Sulawesi after the ferry sank. - AFP

KENDARI, Indonesia (AFP): At least 15 people were killed on Monday (July 24) after a wooden boat sank off the coast of Indonesia's Sulawesi island, search and rescue officials said, adding that all missing passengers had been accounted for.

The boat sank with 48 people onboard just after midnight (1700 GMT on Sunday), the local office of Indonesia's search and rescue agency said in a statement.

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