At least 15 dead and many missing after overloaded vessel allegedly trafficking refugees to Malaysia sank
An overcrowded boat carrying about 138 Rohingya refugees from Bangladeshi camps has sunk in the Bay of Bengal, leaving at least 15 confirmed dead and more than 50 still missing, Bangladeshi officials said.
The coastguard, navy divers and other rescuers recovered the bodies, mostly women, after the wooden boat’s keel hit undersea coral and capsized off St Martin’s Island.
