Three dead, 13 missing after shipwreck off France's Mayotte

MAMOUDZOU: Three people were dead and 13 missing Monday after a ship carrying illegal immigrants capsized in the Indian Ocean off the French overseas territory of Mayotte, the local prefect's office...

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Three dead, 13 missing after shipwreck off France's Mayotte
MAMOUDZOU: Three people were dead and 13 missing Monday after a ship carrying illegal immigrants capsized in the Indian Ocean off the French overseas territory of Mayotte, the local prefect's office said.

Eight others survived the accident on the ship, which had departed from the Comoran island of Anjouan, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Mayotte.