Boating Accident: Twelve Now Confirmed Dead, One Still Missing

Krško, 6 July - Rescuers looking for the five persons missing in Thursday's boating tragedy on the Sava River in eastern Slovenia that had already claimed eight lives have found another four bodies of the accident's victims. Twelve persons are now confirmed dead and only one victim remains missing.

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Rescuers search for the bodies of five people still missing after the worst river accident in living memory.
Photo: Rasto Bozic/STA

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The Blanca hydroelectric power plant, still under construction, where 13 people were killed in a boating accident.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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The Blanca hydroelectric power plant, still under construction, where 13 people were killed in a boating accident.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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The Blanca hydroelectric power plant, still under construction, where 13 people were killed in a boating accident.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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Divers look for the bodies of five people still missing after the worst river accident in living memory.
Photo: Rasto Bozic/STA

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Divers look for the bodies of five people still missing after the worst river accident in living memory.
Photo: Rasto Bozic/STA

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The boating expedition was taking place at the site where a new hydro power plant is being built.
Photo: Rasto Bozic/STA

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