Boat Carrying Rohingya Fleeing Myanmar Capsizes, Killing 16

Boat Carrying Rohingya Fleeing Myanmar Capsizes, Killing 16
Rohingya camps in Bangladesh, on Aug. 26, 2018. Altaf Qadri/AP Photo
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BANGKOK—At least 16 people from Myanmar’s Rohingya minority have died after a storm capsized the boat they were traveling on to seek refuge in another country, officials and a recovery team member said Tuesday.

There were 35 survivors of Saturday’s accident that took place Saturday off Myanmar’s southwestern coast and four people were missing, the officials said.