Greek authorities say 28 people have drowned, half of them children, after a wooden smuggling boat capsized in the southeastern Aegean Sea.
The tragedy took place before dawn Sunday off the Greek island of Farmakonissi. Greek coast guard boats rescued 68 other migrants from the sea and 30 more from the boat made it on their own to the island, reports The Associated Press.
A Greek coast guard spokesman said four of the drowned children were infants and, among the others, there were 5 girls and 5 boys. He did not know the victims’ ages or nationalities.
