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Turkish-flagged fishing vessel attacked near occupied Crimea, coast guard says, 1 dead, 4 injured

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Turkish-flagged fishing vessel attacked near occupied Crimea, coast guard says, 1 dead, 4 injured
A person holds a Turkish flag during a protest in Istanbul on July 19, 2016. (Aris Messinis /AFP via Getty Images)

A Turkish-flagged fishing vessel, Duru 67, was attacked in the Black Sea on June 5 and sank, leaving one sailor dead and four others injured, according to the Turkish Coast Guard.

The incident occurred west of Russian-occupied Sevastopol in Crimea. The coast guard did not specify who was responsible for the attack.

Five injured crew members were rescued by a nearby trawler, the Burak Kaya, but one sailor later died en route to Turkey.

A coast guard vessel with a medical team intercepted the trawler around 115 nautical miles (132 miles) north of the Turkish port of Inebolu and took the injured sailors aboard.

After a 15-hour journey, the crew was transferred to a hospital in the city of Kastamonu.

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Kateryna Denisova

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Kateryna Denisova is the reporter for the Kyiv Independent, specializing in Ukrainian politics. Based in Kyiv, she focuses on domestic affairs, parliament, social and war-related issues. Kateryna began her career in journalism in 2020 and has since worked with several leading Ukrainian media outlets. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and has studied at journalism schools in the Czech Republic and Germany.

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