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Boat capsizes off west coast, 6 die including 3 infants

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SIX people including three babies died on Sunday when an inflatable boat carrying 16 people capsized off the coast of western Turkey, staterun Anadolu news agency reported.

Nine people were rescued by the coastguard overnight, it said, adding that search and rescue efforts were continuing for one missing person after the incident off the coastal province of Ayvalık.

According to a local official, the people who were trying to cross to Greece’s Lesbos island were Turkish citizens and two of them are believed to be illegal crossing organisers.

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