Four Spaniards missing after wooden tourist boat sinks off Indonesia's famous Komodo National Park


JAKARTA (dpa): A wooden tourist boat sank off the coast of Indonesia's Komodo National Park, leaving four Spanish tourists missing, a rescue official said on Saturday.

The boat, a traditional two-masted "pinisi" sailing vessel, was carrying 11 people when it went down late Friday in a strait off Padar Island, part of the national park, said Fathur Rahman, the head of the Maumere search and rescue office.

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