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ISTANBUL (AP) \u2014 A Turkish-flagged fishing boat was attacked and sank off the northern Black Sea coast, leaving one sailor dead and four others wounded, the Turkish Coast Guard said late Friday.<\/p>\n
The Duru 67 was attacked west of Sevastopol in Crimea earlier Friday, according to a Coast Guard Command statement. The peninsula was illegally seized from Ukraine by Russia and annexed in March 2014. The statement did not provide further details of the attack.<\/p>\n
Five injured sailors were rescued by another trawler, the Burak Kaya, but one died on the way back to Turkey.<\/p>\n
A Coast Guard vessel carrying a medical team reached the Burak Kaya 115 nautical miles (213 kilometers, 132 miles) north of Turkey\u2019s Inebolu port and the casualties were placed on board.<\/p>\n
After a 15-hour return voyage, the injured were transferred to a hospital in the provincial capital Kastamonu, state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Provincial Health Director Fevzi Yavuzy\u0131lmaz said they were suffering shrapnel wounds and one had undergone minor surgery aboard the Coast Guard ship.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo of our patients have relatively minor injuries and two have slightly more serious injuries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. The waters off Ukraine have seen regular attacks on shipping since Russia launched a war on Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n
In November, the Turkish government condemned Ukrainian drone attacks<\/a> on two oil tankers in the Black Sea as posing \u201cserious risks to navigation, life, property and environmental safety in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n