Ukraine-bound cargo ship sinks off Turkish coast: 3 dead

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish officials and media reports say a Guinea-Bissau-flagged cargo ship with 14 crew members on board has sunk off Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, killing at least three crew members. Five crew were rescued while efforts to find the remaining missing personnel were underway. The Joe 2 sank off the coast of Kumluca, in Antalya province, on Wednesday while heading to Ukraine from the Turkish port of Iskenderun, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. The cause of the ship sinking was not immediately clear. The crew consisted of 14 Syrian nationals. The coast guard said an investigation has been launched by the chief prosecutor’s office for Kumluca.