At least 14 dead after migrant boat crashes into coast guard vessel off southern Turkey

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ANKARA, March 9 (Reuters) - At least 14 people were killed when ​an inflatable boat carrying migrants ‌crashed into a Turkish coast guard vessel off Turkey’s southern ​province of Antalya on ​Monday, the coast guard said ⁠in a statement.

The coast guard ​said the high-speed boat was ​detected early on Monday off the coast of the Finike district ​of Antalya and that ​it tried to flee from the coast ‌guard ⁠despite repeated warnings to stop. It later collided with a coast guard vessel, the ​statement ​added.

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It said ⁠six migrants and one Turkish national were ​rescued, but that 14 ​were ⁠found dead and 15 others were caught after continuing ⁠in ​their boat until ​they reached land.

Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Editing ​by Daren Butler, Aidan Lewis

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