Nine people were killed when a boat with migrants sank near the Lebanese port of Tripoli, the Lebanese Army Command said on Sunday.
The Lebanese Red Cross said on Saturday that a boat carrying some 60 people sank near the port of Tripoli.
According to local media, the boat collided with a Lebanese army boat and tripped over.
The army started a rescue operation soon after. At least 45 people were rescued and one child was confirmed dead.
“Army boats recovered out of the water the bodies of 8 out of 15 people missing after a boat carrying refugees wrecked near Al-Fanar Island,” the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) quoted the command as saying.
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