BANGKOK, Dhu-AlHijjah 18, 1437, Sep 19, 2016, SPA -- Searchers have recovered 18 bodies and are continuing to look for 12 people missing from a boat that sank in a river over the weekend, AP cited Thai officials as saying. The two-deck boat was carrying more than 100 persons on a holiday excursion when it sank Sunday afternoon on the Chao Phraya river 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Bangkok. The boat evidently ran up a riverbank then took on water, sinking in less than two minutes just a few meters offshore. A Marine Department official said bodies were still being retrieved Monday afternoon, with 18 recovered so far. In addition to the dead and missing, 44 people were injured. --SPA 13:14 LOCAL TIME 10:14 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w