Seven people died after their boat sank near the Turkish coasts

Seven people died after their boat sank near the Turkish coasts

Oct 01 2018


ARK News: Seven people died on Sunday, three of them were Kurd citizens, Kurdistan of Syria after the sinking of their rubber boat near the Turkish coast in the state of Adarna in the region of Inz, seeking on their way to resort to European countries.

“Ten people were in the boat, after the sinking of the rubber boat, seven people died, three of them were Kurds: Nichirvan Abdul Hamid Hisso 27, who was a former fighter in the Peshmerga forces of Roj, his wife Dunia Abdullah Osman, 18, a pregnant woman, and his sister Hengvin Abdul Hamid Hisso, 18, while the identities of other persons were not known”, special sources said.

The same source said that three people from the family of Dunia, Nichirvan’s wife, survived the accident of sinking, without giving further details about the incident.

In this regard, Turkish media quoted that the Turkish Coast Guard recovered the bodies of five migrants, confirming that the search for others is still underway.

Pointing that the victims of the rubber boat were living in the camp of Fayida in the province of Duhok, Kurdistan Iraq, and they are from the village of Altanoria in rural Qamishlo, and his wife is from the village of Kolija rural of Girke Laky town.

It is noteworthy that hundreds of refugees from Kurds o Syria and Syrians lost their lives as a result of drowning incidents in the Sea of Greece who was on their way to one of the European countries with a view to asylum through smuggling networks.

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