Bahrain confirms 57 dead in boat tragedy

At least 57 people, including 1 Irish man, 13 Britons and 17 Indian nationals, drowned when a dinner-cruise ship with 137 people on board capsized just off the Bahraini coast last night in calm waters, the Interior Ministry said.

Sixty-seven people were rescued and 13 were missing from the vessel, the Al-Dana, Interior Ministry spokesman Col Tarik al-Hassan told a press conference today.