Greece's Coast Guard says 26 other people have been rescued from Aegean Sea as search-and-rescue operations continue.
Greece’s Coast Guard says 26 other people have been rescued from Aegean Sea as search-and-rescue operations continue.
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A boat carrying migrants has collided with a Greek Coast Guard vessel in the Aegean Sea near the island of Chios, killing at least 14 people, the Coast Guard says.
The incident occurred around 9pm local time on Tuesday (19:00 GMT) off the coast of Chios’s Mersinidi area, Greece’s Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA) reported.
Search and rescue operation involving boats, helicopter and divers under way off the eastern Aegean island of Chios
The coastguard said a pursuit was under way at the time of the collision, near the island of Chios.
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