15 missing two rescued after fishing boat sinks off eastern Indonesia


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JAKARTA: Fifteen people are missing and two others managed to survive after a fishing boat sank off Indonesia's eastern Maluku province, a local official said on Tuesday (Dec 17), reported Xinhua.

The boat, carrying 17 people, went down while fishing on Saturday. Two crew members were rescued by another fishing vessel on Monday afternoon, according to Monce Brury, head of the search and rescue office of Southwest Papua province.

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