Two migrants died, one missing after boat sinks, Italy's coast guard says


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  • Sunday, 04 Aug 2024

MILAN (Reuters) - Two migrants died and one was still missing after a boat carrying more than 30 people sank around 17 miles south-east of the Italian city of Syracuse, Sicily, the Italian coast guard said on Sunday.

After receiving a distress call late on Saturday, a coast guard boat and an aircraft went to the area, rescued 34 people and took them to the port of Syracuse, the authority said in a statement.

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