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12 Rohingya Dead as Boat Capsizes in Teknaf

Dhaka(October 16, 2017): At least 12 Rohingya refugees including six children were killed when their overcrowded boat capsized in the Bay of Bengal.

Twelve people including six children were killed when an overcrowded boat carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar capsized in the Bay of Bengal near a Bangladeshi village.

Police sources said that at least twenty one people have been rescued. There were up to 65 people on board, half of them children.

Boat accidents have so far killed at least 184 Rohingya trying to reach Bangladesh.

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