Boat accident kills 15

KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: A passenger boat has capsized in Wakatobi regency waters, Southeast Sulawesi province, leaving 15 people dead, the majority of them children. Three passengers were still missing on Monday while 34 people on board survived.

Rocky Ashikin, the chief of the search and rescue team, said the boat was on its way from Batu Atas Island to Baubau regency here when gale force winds hit the boat on Saturday. All the passengers were Batu Atas Island residents. -- JP