The boat capsized in the Meriç River! The dead body of 1 of 2 missing children was found

A family of five from Iraq came to Edirne to cross to Greece illegally. The couple and their 3 children sailed into the Meriç River from the NATO Bridge location near Bosnaköy by boat. After a while, the boat capsized. The mother, father and one of their children, who fell into the water, went to the island in the river, and the 2 children were lost in the current. Upon notice, gendarmerie, AFAD and medical teams were dispatched to the region. Thanks to the work done by the teams, the Iraqi couple and their 12-year-old daughter were brought to shore. The child, who was taken to Trakya University Faculty of Medicine Hospital, could not be saved.

The teams started a search in the river for the 2 missing children. Yesterday, the 6-person Underwater Search and Rescue team from Izmir Provincial Gendarmerie Command and diver police from Tekirdağ supported the work. During the teams' 3rd day search today, the lifeless body of a 5-year-old girl, one of the children lost in the river, was found. The lifeless body of the child, who was found in the military forbidden zone, 4 kilometers from the area where they disappeared, was taken to the hospital morgue after examination.

The search for the other missing child continues.