Tourist boat with tourists on board sank in Turkey



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The incident occurred off the coast of Antalya, a Russian citizen was killed


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Today, November 3, a tourist boat capsized off the coast of Alanya, in the Turkish province of Antalya. As a result of the incident, one person disappeared, according to the local newspaper HuberTurk.

As it became known, there were 33 people on the boat, 32 passengers made it to shore along the rocks, and one person disappeared.

It was later learned that the missing tourist was killed and is a citizen of the Russian Federation. This information was published by the TASS agency with reference to the representative of the Consulate General of Russia in Antalya.

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According to information from the Turkish authorities, a pleasure boat named “Baba Selyavi” went to sea on a one-day excursion program. There were 32 foreign tourists on board, including Russian citizens. The area of ​​the cape near the Alanya fortress and sank, passengers were quickly landed on a nearby sandbar in anticipation of rescuers. Subsequently, all of them were taken ashore to receive medical assistance, their lives are out of danger, “says the message.

It is also reported that as a result of search and rescue operations, the body of a Russian citizen born in 1983 was found in the hold of the sunken ship.



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