6 Jul 2011

Refugee boat sinks

9:02 am on 6 July 2011

A boat packed with refugees bound for Saudi Arabia has sunk off the coast of Sudan, killing 197 people.

The Sudanese Media Center reports that only three people were rescued on Tuesday.

A fire is believed to have broken out aboard the boat, which was trying to smuggle people to Saudi Arabia.

The agency did not say where the boat started its journey.