At least six people died when a ferry capsized off Northern Cyprus on August 30, the head of the local government said, in a preliminary toll. The vessel had been carrying a total of 267 people when it rolled over shortly after leaving port.
A passenger ferry capsized and sank off Northern Cyprus on Sunday, killing at least seven people and leaving 23 missing, officials said, as a rescue operation was under way.
The cause was not yet established. But one rescued passenger told local media a blast went off at the bow of the ferry before it rolled over.
The vessel capsized 6.5 kilometres (four miles) off the coast of Cyprus, shortly after it had left a Northern Cyprus port heading to Turkey's mainland.
Images broadcast by Turkish television showed the upside-down ferry in the water, with people wearing life vests atop its orange hull.
