4 Migrants dead, others missing after boat capsizes off Senegal

A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Senegal over the weekend, leaving at least four people dead and several others missing, local authorities said on Monday.

The artisanal fishing boat left the town of Mbour, nearly 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of the capital, Dakar heading to Europe on Sunday afternoon before capsizing a few miles off the coast, Amadou Diop, the district’s prefect told The Associated Press.

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