Six migrant children die after boat sinks off western Turkey

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ISTANBUL, Safar 26, 1437, December 08, 2015, SPA -- At least six children died and eight other people rescued on Tuesday after a boat carrying migrants bound for Greece capsized off Turkey's western coast near the city of Izmir, local media reported, according to Reurters. Responding to a distress signal sent at midnight on Monday, the Turkish coastguard extended a search operation into Tuesday's daylight hours, Dogan News Agency reported. State-run Anadolu Agency said the coastguard found the bodies of six children including a baby, adding that the migrants on the boat were Afghans. It was not immediately clear how many people in all were on board. --SPA 14:42 LOCAL TIME 11:42 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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