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Two people killed during cleanup after oil spill in Mauritius

During the cleanup after a grounded Japanese dry bulk ship in Mauritius, a tugboat has collided with a barge. Two people were killed and another two are missing, reports Reuters.
A rescue helicopter hovers above the accident site where a tugboat collided with a barge during the cleanup work following the grounding of dry bulk ship Wakashio and the resulting oil spill. | Photo: Stringer/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
A rescue helicopter hovers above the accident site where a tugboat collided with a barge during the cleanup work following the grounding of dry bulk ship Wakashio and the resulting oil spill. | Photo: Stringer/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
by CHRISTIAN CARLSEN

Two crew members of a tugboat, which is participating in the cleanup efforts after Japanese dry bulk ship in Mauritius, have been killed in an accident, reports Reuters.

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