Over 20 missing after boat sinks in Yangtze River

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More than 20 people, including seven or eight foreigners are still missing after a tug boat sank in the Yangtze River in east China's Jiangsu Province Thursday, local authorities said Friday morning.

More than 20 people, including seven or eight foreigners are still missing after a tug boat sank in the Yangtze River in east China's Jiangsu Province Thursday.[Photo/Xinhua]

More than 20 people, including seven or eight foreigners are still missing after a tug boat sank in the Yangtze River in east China's Jiangsu Province Thursday.[Photo/Xinhua]

Singaporean and Japanese nationals are confirmed among the missing people and a Frenchman may also be lost. They are the owner of and technicians working on the boat, which was on a trial voyage when the accident happened Thursday afternoon.

So far, three have been saved and the search and rescue mission is still underway.

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