Boat sinks off western Turkey, kills 11 illegal migrants

At least 11 illegal migrants, including eight children, were killed when a boat sank off Turkey's western coast, local media reported.

The accident occurred when a fiber boat carrying migrants sank in the Aegean Sea near the Cesme district of the western province of Izmir, the state-run Anadolu agency said.

The coast guard teams rescued another eight people from the sea, Anadolu noted, adding that there were a total of 19 migrants on board.

The nationalities of the migrants and their destination have not been clarified.