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title: "Elevan Migrants Drown As Two Boats Sank Off Aegean"
date: "2015-09-02 10:12:01"
author: "DHA"
tags: "İstanbul"
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# Elevan Migrants Drown As Two Boats Sank Off Aegean
\- Two inflatable boats carrying Syrian migrants, in attempt to cross into Greek island of Kos illegally through Turkey’s Aegean resort town of Bodrum, capsized off Akyarlar neighbourhood.
As a boat carrying 16 migrants sank off international waters and left seven people killed, four were rescued and five went missing.
Another incident killed four people, as a boat carrying six illegal migrants sank off Akyarlar neighbourhood of Bodrum, near Alihoca foreland. While three children and a woman died, two people having tried to reach the shore were found and rescued, fainted, in their lifejackets.
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\- Boat carrying migrants off Bodrum  
\- Rescue teams intervene  
\- Security helicopters  
\- Children found off the shore
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![Photographer Of The World Shaking Picture Of Drowned Syrian Toddler: “I Was Petrified At That Moment”](https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimgrosetta.mynet.com.tr%2Ffile%2F4809964%2F640xauto.jpg)