At Least 10 People Drown After Migrant Boat Overturns on Serbia–Bosnia Border

At Least 10 People Drown After Migrant Boat Overturns on Serbia–Bosnia Border
Serbian Police officers search a bank of the Drina River near the town of Ljubovija, Serbia, on Aug. 22, 2024. Serbian Ministry of Interior via AP
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BRATUNAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina—A boat carrying migrants from the Middle East overturned while crossing the Drina River from Serbia to Bosnia, drowning at least 10 people, officials in the two Balkan countries said Thursday.

Serbian police received a call around 5 a.m. from their counterparts in Bosnia and a citizen who reported the accident, said Interior Minister Ivica Dacic.