At least eight people have died and more than a dozen remain missing after a passenger ferry capsized and sank off the coast of northern Cyprus on Sunday, according to local authorities. The vessel was carrying 267 people, although figures on the number of people still unaccounted for varied in initial reports.

At least seven people have died after a ferry carrying nearly 270 passengers and crew capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus

At least six people have died after a passenger boat carrying more than 260 people capsized off northern Cyprus, Turkish media reported.