One survivor found as Indonesian rescuers step up search for 21 missing fishermen
Indonesian rescuers stepped up search efforts for 21 missing Indonesian fishermen on Thursday night, officials said, with another survivor found after their boat capsized days earlier leaving two dead. At least 12 crew have been found after they survived for days by clinging to their boat when it overturned on Saturday in waters off the remote Selayar islands in South Sulawesi province.
The boat was carrying a crew of 35 but two were found dead on the islands after the incident and 21 remain missing.
"We deployed a boat from Makassar to the Selayar waters. There are 49 personnel involved," head of the local search and rescue agency Mexianus Bekabel said in a statement Thursday, referring to the provincial capital of South Sulawesi.
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