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6 more bodies found days after boat of Rohingya refugees capsized off Indonesia
Updated On: 25 March, 2024 10:07 PM IST | Banda Aceh | AP
The agency has said the boat carrying Rohingya Muslims left a refugee camp in Bangladesh but capsized on Wednesday
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Six more bodies of Rohingya refugees have been found at sea off Indonesia after a boat with more than 150 people aboard capsized last week, local authorities said Monday.
The bodies of the six women were found off the coast of Aceh province, search and rescue officials said in a statement. Five bodies were found over the weekend. The United Nations refugee agency confirmed with survivors that the women had been on their boat, staff member Faisal Rahman said.
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