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Nine die in Egypt fishing mishap

By AFP
February 24, 2021

CAIRO: Nine people drowned and at least four were missing on Tuesday after a boat chartered for a family fishing trip capsized near Egypt’s second city Alexandria, a security source said. State newspaper Al-Ahram said a six-month-old infant was among the family members drowned in Lake Mariout, 20 kilometres west of Alexandria.