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Posted on March 9, 2026
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An inflatable migrant boat collided with a Turkish coast guard vessel off Antalya’s Finike district on March 9, resulting in at least 14 deaths, several rescued, and additional migrants reaching land before being apprehended.
ANKARA, March 9 (Reuters) - At least 14 people were killed when an inflatable boat carrying migrants crashed into a Turkish coast guard vessel off Turkey's southern province of Antalya on Monday, the coast guard said in a statement.
The coast guard said the high-speed boat was detected early on Monday off the coast of the Finike district of Antalya and that it tried to flee from the coast guard despite repeated warnings to stop. It later collided with a coast guard vessel, the statement added.
It said six migrants and one Turkish national were rescued, but that 14 were found dead and 15 others were caught after continuing in their boat until they reached land.
(Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Editing by Daren Butler, Aidan Lewis)
An inflatable boat carrying migrants crashed into a Turkish coast guard vessel, resulting in at least 14 deaths.
Six migrants and one Turkish national were rescued after the boat crash.
The high-speed migrant boat tried to flee from the coast guard despite repeated warnings to stop, leading to the collision.
Fifteen migrants were caught after continuing in their boat until they reached land.
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