Indonesia: many missing after boat capsizes
A wooden boat carrying 25 schoolboys aged from 12 to 19 of the same school capsized on the Bengawan Solo River in the province of East Java, Indonesia.
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Heavy rain, mud and limited vision in deep-water areas have hampered rescue efforts.
Boat is a favourite means of transport in Indonesia but substandard boats combined with overload make accidents in rivers in the Southeast Asian country happen quite often.