Nearly 200 people die in boat fire off Sudan
09 July Khartoum, Sudan, CNN :
A total of 197 people died Tuesday after the boat carrying them
caught fire in the Red Sea off Sudan, the state-run Sudanese Media
Center reported.
Three people survived the fire, which burned for four hours, it said.
The boat, which was headed for Saudi Arabia, was carrying no known
Sudanese; all the victims were "refugees" from "neighbouring countries,"
it said.
The news organization, citing unidentified sources, said four Yemeni
owners of the boat were arrested and the boat was confiscated.
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