11 Killed as Tourist Ship Sinks in Brazil

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11 Killed as Tourist Ship Sinks in Brazil

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A ship with 45 people aboard returning from a trip around the Los Lagos region sank off the coast of Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, killing 11 and injuring several others, mostly tourists, authorities said.

Rio de Janeiro Municipal Secretary of Tourism Carlos Mendes told reporters that the ship was carrying tourists from neighboring Sao Paulo state, who had visited Papagayo Island, a popular tourist attraction.

The 40-meter long ship sank at 11:00 a.m. local time (1400 GMT) and the cause is not yet known, Mendes said.

Firefighters involved in the rescue operation said the roughness of the sea could have caused the accident, which took place just 500 meters off the coast in the Itajuru channel in CaboFrio, 80 km north of Rio de Janeiro.

Authorities said the injured were taken to hospitals, and rescue operations were still going on.

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