Desperate search for Kiwi teen missing after boat capsizes in Bangladesh
Rescue teams were searching Wednesday for a New Zealand teenager missing after a boat carrying him and three other people capsized in Bangladesh, officials said.
Albert, 16, whose surname was withheld by police, went missing after the boat overturned in rough waters on Tuesday morning near an estuary off Cox’s Bazar on the country’s southeastern coast.
The four New Zealanders had been on a trip when the boat met with an accident. Photo / Bangladesh National Emergency Service
The other three New Zealanders on the boat were rescued by fishermen nearby.
“The Coast Guard is searching for the boy while a helicopter is conducting an aerial search. Fishermen have also been alerted about the missing teenager,” an official told AFP on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to the media.
Rescue efforts have been hampered by rough conditions in the Bay of Bengal, he added.
Mohammad Ali, the officer-in-charge of Cox’s Bazar police station, said the four had been on a trip when the boat met with an accident.
The boat which carried the four New Zealanders. Photo / Bangladesh National Emergency Service
Local media reports said the four were from the same family but officials were unable to confirm that information immediately.
- AFP
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