S. Korean fishing boat capsizes; 10 dead, 8 believed missing

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SEOUL, Dhu-AlQa'dah 22, 1436, September 06, 2015, SPA -- Ten people died and eight others were believed to be missing after a boat carrying passengers on a fishing trip capsized off South Korea's southern coast, officials said Sunday, AP reported. Three people were rescued and flown to a hospital with injuries that weren't life-threatening, Jeju coast guard officers said on condition of anonymity because of office rules. Dozens of ships searched the area for survivors. The 9.8-ton boat, Dolphin, lost communication with another boat on Saturday evening and was found Sunday morning north of the resort island of Jeju. A survivor said the boat quickly capsized after being caught by nets for fish farms, according to a coast guard statement. Coast guard officers said that the exact cause of the capsizing was still unknown, and that weather conditions at the time of the incident weren't really bad. --SPA 15:30 LOCAL TIME 12:30 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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