Boat carrying 200 capsizes between Indonesia and Australia
Source: Reuters
By Fergus Jensen
JAKARTA | Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:16am EDT
(Reuters) - A boat carrying about 200 suspected asylum seekers has capsized in Indonesian waters 120 nautical miles north of Australia's Christmas Island and many are feared drowned, authorities said on Thursday.
Australian police said a military aircraft saw some 40 people standing on the upturned hull of the boat.
"We know from what we have been hearing from the aircraft there are not 200 life jackets on board," Western Australian police commissioner Karl O'Callaghan told local television.
He said at least 75 people were feared to have drowned.
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