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Three dead, including child, in Channel crossing attempt
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The clear picture
What happened
Al Jazeera reports French maritime police received a distress call from an inflatable dinghy carrying 105 people off the French coast. BBC News identifies the three dead as a 10-year-old child and two women aged 30.
Latest development
The current reporting establishes that French maritime police received a distress call from the 105-person dinghy.
Known / unclear
Coverage expanded from 1 to 2 attributed publishers.
The supplied reports do not establish the cause or timing of the deaths, the condition or location of the other passengers, whether a rescue occurred, or the dinghy's intended destination.
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Sources
Compiled from 2 independent publishers Al Jazeera · BBC News
Al Jazeera reports the distress call to French maritime police; BBC News provides the reported ages and sexes of the three people who died. Neither account contradicts the other.
Bottom line
The confirmed distress call adds evidence of an acute emergency aboard an unusually crowded inflatable dinghy, but the available reporting does not yet explain the fatalities or account for the surviving passengers.
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- Headline updated
France's maritime police said they received a distress call from an inflatable dinghy carrying 105 people.
2 sources at this update - First reported
A 10-year-old child and two 30-year-old women were on board the boat - which was carrying 105 people.
1 source at this update