Six drown, two missing after passenger boat capsizes in Brazil


  • World
  • Tuesday, 23 Jan 2024

SAO PAULO, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Six people drowned and another six were injured when a passenger boat capsized off the coast of Brazil as it was ferrying revelers to a party, the Fire Department reported Monday.

The accident occurred Sunday night in the Bay of All Saints, near the metropolitan region of Salvador, capital of central Bahia state.

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