Six die as ferry sinks

A TOURIST boat carrying 170 people – including “many children” – has sunk in Colombia, leaving at least six people dead and more than 30 missing.

An official in the National Risk Management Unit, Carlos Ivan Marquez, confirmed the dead were “all Colombians, and no minors”.

Authorities have not yet said what caused the four-deck El Almirante to go down in the El Penol reservoir in the tourist town of Guatape, where tourists take leisure cruises.