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A boat carrying more than 80 people en route to Australia sank in Indonesian waters near Cilacap, West Java province on Tuesday (November 1).
A rescue team is still trying to find the missing passengers, while 47 have been rescued from the site, Metro TV quoted Indonesian police as saying.
The victims' bodies were brought to a community health center in Pangandaran town.
Fourteen of the survivors are being treated in the health center.
Police said the boat overturned and sank after being hit by wind-induced waves.
The survivors were not willing to give details about the accident and their fellow passengers. Among the survivors were some Iranians and Afghans, Metro TV quoted police as saying.
A boat carrying more than 80 people en route to Australia sank in Indonesian waters near Cilacap, West Java province on Tuesday (November 1).
A rescue team is still trying to find the missing passengers, while 47 have been rescued from the site, Metro TV quoted Indonesian police as saying.
The victims' bodies were brought to a community health center in Pangandaran town.
Fourteen of the survivors are being treated in the health center.
Police said the boat overturned and sank after being hit by wind-induced waves.
The survivors were not willing to give details about the accident and their fellow passengers. Among the survivors were some Iranians and Afghans, Metro TV quoted police as saying.