3 babies among six dead as boat sinks off Turkish coast

ISTANBUL: Six people including three babies died yesterday when an inflatable boat carrying 16 people capsized off the coast of western Turkey, state-run Anadolu news agency reported.

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

The boat was believed to be en route to Greece’s Lesbos island which is around 20 km away from the Turkish coast, it said.