Ferry sinking off Kyrenia leaves 12 confirmed dead as search continues
Two more bodies were recovered from the ferry wreckage off Kyrenia, raising the confirmed death toll to 12, while 16 people remain unaccounted for.
Kyrenia, Cyprus. Two more bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a ferry that sank off the coast of Kyrenia, bringing the confirmed death toll to 12, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Friday. Sixteen people remain unaccounted for.
Identification process
The bodies are expected to be transferred to Dr Burhan Nalbantoglu hospital in northern Nicosia for identification.
Search operations continue
Ustel said recovery efforts would continue “24/7” to locate and recover those still missing.
The ferry sank shortly after departing the new port of Kyrenia at midday on Sunday. It had been bound for the Turkish port of Tasucu.
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