Bones, earlier thought to be human, now found to be from animals found near ferry wreckage

Bones found near the wreckage of a South Korean ferry belonged to animals, not missing passengers from the ship's 2014 sinking in which 304 people died, the government says.

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries had earlier said salvage crews found bones that were likely to be the remains of one or more of the nine missing passengers.