Turkish Coast Guard: Ship attacked west of Sevastopol in Crimea, one person killed

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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The Turkish coast guard said a Turkish ship was attacked and sank off the northern Black Sea coast, killing one sailor and wounding four others.

The ship Duru 67 was attacked west of Sevastopol in Crimea yesterday, according to a statement from the Coast Guard Command.

Five injured sailors were rescued by another ship, the Burak Kaja, but one of them died on the way back to Turkey.

The injured were taken to a hospital in the provincial capital of Kastamonu, the Anadolu Agency reported.

Health officials said the evacuees suffered minor injuries from shrapnel.

No one claimed responsibility for the attack.

The Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea was occupied and annexed by Russia in 2014.

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