6 dead, 10 missing after ferry capsized in Sri Lanka
Colombo:
At least six people have died and about ten are missing after a ferry they were traveling on capsized in eastern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, officials said.
Police spokesman Nihal Thalduwa said the ferry was carrying mostly students and teachers to a school crossing a lagoon in the town of Kinniya when it capsized at around 07:30 local time.
Villagers, police and navy rescued 20 people, half of them children, and took them to a nearby hospital.
Thalduwa confirmed six people, including four school children, were among the dead. The ferry carried 35 people.
“The cause of the capsizing has not yet been determined,” he said.
Thalduwa added that eight naval teams including divers were searching for the remaining missing people, but the search has now been suspended.
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