there are two dead and seven missing

A fishing boat was rescued this Thursday afternoon 9.26 kilometers from Adra Coast (Almeria) to two immigrant survivors of a wrecked boat and drifting, during which two people died and seven others were missing.

Sources from Maritime Rescue and 112 of Andalusia informed Efe that it was said that the fishing boat had located the already sunken boat, so they threw life buoys into the sea to save two immigrants who were in the water.

A Civil Guard patrol boat went to the scene, alerting 112 and Maritime Rescue, since the survivors indicated that They set sail on November 26 from Nador (Morocco).

The Civil Guard and Maritime Rescue declared to 112 that the two survivors explained that on Wednesday afternoon suffered a collisionwhich caused the death of two of his companions and the disappearance of seven others.

Although they reported seeing several of the boat’s occupants swimming towards a shore, it was not revealed what point of the coast this might be, nor what happened to the bodies of the deceased.

The two surviving immigrants were transferred to the port of Almería, according to 112 sources.

The resources of the Maritime Service of the Civil Guard, as well as the ship “Salvamar Gienah” and the maritime rescue helicopter “Helimer 205”, searched the surroundings of the rescue point to try to locate the missing, without result for the moment .

According to the sources consulted, with nightfall, the resources deployed were withdrawn and the search will resume early this Friday.