Death toll rises to 25 in sunken passenger ship off northern Cyprus as search for three missing continues
One more body has been recovered from the Filo Jet, which sank off Kyrenia on Aug. 30.
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The death toll from the sinking of the passenger ship Filo Jet off the coast of Kyrenia, in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), has risen to 25 after one more body was recovered.
The vessel sank on Aug. 30, and search and rescue operations have continued in the weeks since as authorities work to locate three people still listed as missing.
Ongoing search efforts
Search teams have continued operations in the waters off Kyrenia in an effort to recover the remaining missing individuals, though the exact circumstances that led to the ship's sinking have not been detailed in available reporting.
The rising death toll underscores the scale of the disaster, which has drawn continued attention from authorities in the TRNC as recovery efforts proceed more than a month after the sinking.
Sources
- One more body recovered from sunken passenger ship off TRNC — Anadolu Agency (Turkey)
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