ALBAWABA - Eleven women and children died and 12 other people were rescued in a shipwreck off Yemen’s Red Sea coast earlier this week, authorities said.
At least 14 women and children died in a shipwreck off Yemen's Red Sea coast earlier this week, authorities said. The tragedy happened late on Monday, the statement said. Eleven women and three children drowned while 11 people, including a child, survived.https://t.co/lNWV4Xi9NF
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The boat, with more than 20 people aboard, sank off the coast of Hudeida, according to a statement by the Fisheries Authority in the area.
The passengers were on their way to a relative’s wedding party on Kamaran Island when their boat capsized because of high winds and wavy waters.
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Authorities dispatched a coast guard ship to look for the dead in a waterway between Kamaran and the province's district of Luhiya, the statement said.
Al Hudeida is the fourth-largest city in Yemen and its a principal port on the Red Sea.
