Three drown in Indonesia passenger boat capsize

At least three people drowned and 31 others were rescued as a passenger boat carrying over 100 people capsized off Sulawesi Island, an official said

Jakarta: At least three people drowned and 31 others were rescued as a passenger boat carrying over 100 people capsized off Sulawesi Island, an official said.

At least four people were rescued from the boat that capsized on Saturday in eastern Indonesia, Xinhua quoted head of search and rescue office in South Sulawesi, Roki Asikin, as saying on Sunday.

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The ship was sailing from Kolaka in Southeast Sulawesi to Siwa in South Sulawesi.

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