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# Boat tragedy

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# Hungary
Death toll in Budapest boat tragedy rises to 17 as it emerges captain was already under investigation
11 people are still missing from the Mermaid sightseeing vessel which sank last week.
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Jun 6th 2019, 10:51 PM
# West Cork
Probe finds crew member 'carried by force of net' and crushed against rail in boating tragedy
The Egyptian national was fatally injured in the incident aboard the Endurance in November 2016.
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Aug 17th 2018, 2:27 PM
# Boat tragedy
Police say Italian shipwreck migrants were raped and tortured
“They forced us to watch our men being tortured with various methods including batons [and] electric shocks to the feet. Whoever rebelled was tied up”.
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Nov 8th 2013, 3:59 PM
# Boat tragedy
Divers hope to resume search off Italy amid fears death toll could reach 300
Rough seas have hampered the body recovery effort off Lampedusa where a boat carrying hundreds of migrants from Africa sank on Thursday.
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Oct 5th 2013, 11:10 AM
# Italy
Three hundred people now feared dead after migrant boat disaster
Rescuers and local fishermen were overcome with emotion as they spoke of chaotic early morning scenes in the water off the Italian island of Lampedusa.
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Oct 4th 2013, 7:19 AM