Published on 04/09/2026 – 13:26 GMT+2 • Updated
13:29
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two women off the coast of northern Cyprus, bringing the death toll from last week’s ferry accident to 12, officials said.
A FiloJet ferry was sailing from Kyrenia in Cyprus to Taşucu in Turkey on 30 August when it began taking on water around 6 km off the Cypriot coast before capsizing.
The vessel had 259 passengers and eight crew members on board when it went down, sparking a large-scale search and rescue operation.
In a post on X on Friday, Ünal Üstel, the prime minister of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, said the Turkish naval…
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