At least six dead after migrant boat sinks off Turkish coast

The Turkish coast guard confirmed on Tuesday that six individuals, including children, drowned while a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon to southwestern Turkey.

The coast guard said in a statement that although search and rescue operations for the five missing continued on Tuesday with two boats and a helicopter, a total of 73 migrants were saved from four lifeboats.

One woman, three children, and two babies died, he mentioned in his statement.