At least 34 migrants die in latest tragedy on Aegean Sea

The bodies of at least 34 migrants who were attempting to cross to Greece have washed up in the Aegean districts of Ayval?k and Dikili after two boats overturned in stormy weather, amid fears that the death toll could rise.

An unknown number of refugees were attempting the crossing between Dikili and Greece's Lesbos Island when they encountered rough weather which caused their boat to capsize at around 5 a.m.

Some 34 people, including children, were reportedly killed in the disaster.

AA PhotoThe migrants died after their boat or boats apparently capsized in rough seas. It was not known how many vessels were involved or how many people were on board. 

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Twenty-four were discovered on the shoreline in the district of Ayval?k, the Turkish Coast Guard command told Reuters. Ten others were found in the district of Dikili, a gendarmerie official in the local headquarters said. 

The bodies began washing up on the shore of a housing development, Mart? Site, in Ayval?k's Alt?nova Neighborhood.

Nam?k Kemal Nazl?, Ayval?k's district governor, told the state-run Anadolu Agency that the victims of the first incident were believed to be from Iraq, Algeria and Syria. There was no information on the nationalities of those who drowned in the second incident.

Nazl? said were still searching for more migrants and that the death toll could rise further.

In Photos: At least 27 refugees' bodies wash ashore on Turkey's Aegean coast 

A body with a lifejacket was pulled from the sea onto the beach at Ayval?k by a fisherman and a military police official, Do?an news agency video footage showed. Other bodies, also in lifejackets, were seen lying nearby.

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