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JAKARTA Editorial

EFE

At least 34 people, including children, died in the wreckage of an Indonesian offshore ferry, and 41 were missing.

Some 70 pbadengers were rescued rescuers, who continued their work Wednesday to try to find survivors. A previous balance represented 24 deaths.

The ferry, which made a trip between two islands, was hit by high winds and high waves before the tragedy arrived.

In the images of the wreckage, you can see how the pbadengers hang on one side KM Lestari 'while it sinks into the waters from the island of Celebes, while other pbadengers floating in the water wait for the arrival of help
The accident coincides with the l '. announcement of the end of the search for 164 people missing the wreck of another ferry, last week on the island of Sumatra, on Lake Toba, one of the deepest of the world and a tourist attraction. Only the death of three pbadengers has been confirmed. Another 21 survived.