Rob Martin was stranded for hours before rescuers reached him. He recalled thinking: “One wrong move now, and that’s it. I die.”

Local authorities said 267 people were aboard the catamaran-type vessel when it began taking on water shortly after its departure from Kyrenia.

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The disclosure offered one of the clearest pictures yet of the disaster on the Chinese side of the border, where authorities have released few details.

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