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Death toll rises to 10 after ferry capsizes off northern Cyprus
September 6, 2026 at 07:24 AM
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2 reports · 1 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 82 hours
Rescue crews off Kyrenia have recovered more bodies five days after a passenger ferry overturned en route to Turkey, leaving 18 people missing.
- The death toll has risen to 10 after two more bodies were recovered, with 18 people still missing since the ferry capsized Sunday carrying 267 passengers and crew.
- Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said another body had been found and that the toll could rise further.
- Rescuers saved 239 people; 19 passengers remain hospitalised in northern Cyprus.
- TRNC authorities arrested the ship's captain, seven crew members and one other man, detaining them for three days.
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