13 Die During U.S. Navy Rescue Attempt

September 29 2010

Somalia

At least 13 African refugees drowned Monday when an overloaded skiff adrift in the Gulf of Aden capsized during a U.S. Navy rescue attempt, the Navy Times reports.

The refugees were trying to travel from Somalia to Yemen when their engines broke down, said Navy officials.

A rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) from the destroyer Winston S. Churchill was towing the disabled skiff back towards Somalia when the accident occurred, said officials.

Another RHIB had pulled up...

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