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17 dead in boat crash off Bahamas
Survivors sit on the capsized boat before being rescued. photo
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Tragedy on the Atlantic: A two-engine boat from Haiti sinks off the Bahamas, many people drown – including a small child. Investigators believe in a case of people smuggling.
At least 17 suspected Haitian migrants died when a boat capsized off the Bahamas. Among them were 15 women and a small child, Prime Minister Philip Davis said at a press conference. Accordingly, the twin-engine boat started at night from the capital of the Bahamas, Nassau, and capsized shortly afterwards, a good ten kilometers off the coast, probably due to stormy seas.