NICOSIA, Aug 30 (Reuters) – One person died after a boat with around 270 people on board capsized off North Cyprus on Sunday, Turkish Cypriot media reported.
Turkish Cypriot Transport Minister Erhan Arikli told Anadolu that one passenger had died when the ferry capsized. He said there were 267 people on board, 259 of whom were passengers and eight of whom were crew.
The privately owned ferry left the North Cyprus port of Kyrenia at 12:30 p.m. (0930 GMT) and immediately started taking on water for an unknown reason, Turkey’s state-run news agency Anadolu reported.
