JAKARTA (AFP)
Boats
overloaded with Christian devotees participate in a boat procession in
the waters of Larantuka, East Nusa Tenggara province, eastern indonesian
island of Flores on Friday, April 18, 2014. Seven people died,
including three children, when a boat carrying dozens of Christian
worshippers celebrating Easter sank on Friday off eastern Indonesia, the
police said. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Boats overloaded with Christian devotees participate in a boat procession in the waters of Larantuka, East Nusa Tenggara province, eastern indonesian island of Flores on Friday, April 18, 2014. Seven people died, including three children, when a boat carrying dozens of Christian worshippers celebrating Easter sank on Friday off eastern Indonesia, the police said. -- PHOTO: AFPJAKARTA (AFP) - Seven people died, including three children, when a boat carrying dozens of Christian worshippers celebrating Easter sank on Friday off eastern Indonesia, the police said.
The worshippers were holding a traditional sea ritual in waters off Flores Island when one of the wooden boats sank before noon, district police chief Dewa Putu Gede Artha said.
Fifty-three people were rescued in the incident which happened off the coast from Larantuka town, in the East Flores district of East Nusa Tenggara province.
"We found seven bodies, including three children," Mr Gede Artha told AFP, adding that the boat was on its way to join other vessels for the Easter celebration.
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