The official death toll from the accident still stands at 82. Read more at straitstimes.com.
according to data shared by a Pakistani investigative agency with Reuters on Thursday.
The figure of 209 is based on information provided by families who came forward to say a relative of theirs had boarded thestill stands at 82 and the number of survivors at 104, of whom 12 were Pakistanis. “An investigation to verify this is underway,” FIA Islamabad Zone Director Rana Abdul Jabbar told Reuters.Hundreds of people from different countries are believed to have been on board the vessel, in what is seen as thePakistan is yet to officially confirm how many of its citizens were on the boat, but kick-started a DNA sampling effort to help Greece identify those who died.
The data shared by the FIA showed that 181 people were from Pakistan and 28 from Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Officials gathered the DNA samples from 201 families. Witness accounts suggested that between 400 and 750 people had crammed onto the 20m-long to 30m-long fishing boat, which then capsized and sank early on June 14 about 80km from the southern coastal town of Pylos.
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