ZAGREB, May 14 (Hina) - A boat carrying 15 Turkish Kurds, who were trying to illegally cross the Croatian-Bosnian state border on the Sava river, near the eastern Croatian town of Zupanja, turned over on Monday night, the Croatian
Interior Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
ZAGREB, May 14 (Hina) - A boat carrying 15 Turkish Kurds, who were
trying to illegally cross the Croatian-Bosnian state border on the
Sava river, near the eastern Croatian town of Zupanja, turned over
on Monday night, the Croatian Interior Ministry said in a statement
on Tuesday.#L#
So far, four Kurds have been found and rescued.
One of the illegal immigrants managed to swim to the bank on the
Bosnian side and report the accident to the Bosnian border service.
The Croatian police joined the rescue operation, the Croatian
Interior Ministry said in the statement.
According to the rescued Kurds, another 12 Kurds were on the boat -
eight men, two women and two children, who were trying to reach
Italy.
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