At least 15 dead after passenger boat mishap

Dangerous crossing: Members of the rescue team at work. — AFP

At least 15 people were killed 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 on board just after midnight on Sunday, the local office of Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said in a statement.