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One more body found in ferry disaster off Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

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Latest in the series Last missing person from sunken passenger ship sought off Northern Cyprus

The Prime Ministry of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) announced that search teams found one more body on the sunken Filo Jet off Girne. DNA work has begun for identification.

The statement said all means had been mobilized to reach the missing. A total of 239 people had been rescued earlier from the ship after it capsized while sailing from Girne Port to Taşucu Port.

One more body found in ferry disaster off Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

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Girne Ferry Disaster News Series

Where it began Death toll rises to 15 in ship sinking off Girne, detentions extended in investigation

  1. Last missing person from sunken passenger ship sought off Northern Cyprus The Filo Jet, operating between Kyrenia and Taşucu, sank off Kyrenia on 30 August. Search teams said 13 bodies from a list of 14 people had been recovered and they were searching for the last missing person.
  2. Another body recovered from sunken passenger ship off Kyrenia Another body was recovered from the passenger ship that sank off Kyrenia on 30 August in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC); the death toll rose to 20, with 8 people still missing.
  3. Death toll from sunken ship off Girne rises to 20 Search teams recovered another body from the Filo Jet passenger ferry off Girne, raising the death toll to 20 while 8 people are still being sought. The ferry had sunk on 30 August.
  4. One more body found in ferry disaster off Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus The Prime Ministry of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) announced that search teams found one more body on the sunken Filo Jet off Girne. DNA work has begun for identification.
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