At Least 6 Dead After Migrant Boat Sinks Off Turkish Coast

At Least 6 Dead After Migrant Boat Sinks Off Turkish Coast
Refugees and migrants massed onto an inflatable boat reach Mytilene, northern island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey, on Febr. 17, 2016. Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
Reuters
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ISTANBUL—Six people including children drowned when a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon destined for Italy sank off the coast of southwestern Turkey, the Turkish coast guard said on Tuesday.

In a statement, the coast guard said a total of 73 migrants from four life boats were rescued on Tuesday while search and rescue operations for the five missing continued with two boats and a helicopter.