13 missing as passenger ship capsizes in Indonesia

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Jakarta, July 19 (UNI) A passenger ship with 77 people on board sank in the waters off Indonesia’s eastern province of North Maluku, leaving 13 people missing. The ship, KM Cahaya Arafah, was hit by huge waves in poor weather conditions when it was sailing in the waters off Halmahera Se- latan (South Halmahera) district on Monday night, according to Yusuf Latief, the spokesman of the national search and rescue office.

Personnel from the of- fice and the local disaster management agency, soldiers, policemen, and volunteers have been carrying out a search and rescue operation, as 64 people have so far been rescued, Xinhua news agency reported quoting the spokesman. “Search and rescue for the missing is underway now,” he told Xinhua via phone. The rescuers were combing the area around the scene and along the coasts, the spokesman said.

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