(Reuters) -A boat sank in Lebanon’s Tripoli port on Saturday with about 60 people on board, Al-Jadeed TV reported citing the Lebanese Red Crescent.
The Lebanese government said in a statement that Prime Minister Najib Mikati is following the sinking of a boat carrying passengers that departed illegally from the Qalamoun area, south of Tripoli.
The broadcaster said ambulances went to the scene of the incident but gave no other immediate details.
(Reporting by Moataz Mohamed and Ahmed Tolba;Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)
