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Rachel Hagan

Tourist boat capsizes near beach with more than 20 dead - including seven children

A double-decker boat carrying more than 30 passengers capsized off a beach in southern India, killing more than 20 people including about seven children.

The horror happened on Sunday night near the estuary of Poorappuzha River in Tanur, a coastal town in Kerala state’s Malappuram district, and most of the passengers were tourists.

The dead included children who had come for a ride on the boat during their school holidays, Sports Minister V. Abdurahiman told the Press Trust of India news agency.

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