9 missing in Indonesian ship accident
Rescue teams searched for nine missing people after fishermen found eight survivors of a boat accident off the southern coast of
Merauke search and rescue team leader Sumpeno Yuwono said that the eight survivors were being treated in hospital, but could not give exact coordinates for where the boat sank. 
"Two boat crew members and six passengers were found by fishermen in the early hours of Thursday morning," Yuwono said.
The boat was about 20 metres long and had been carrying building materials, he further added.
Earlier reports quoting local police said that the boat had sunk after hitting a coral reef 400 kilometres northwest of the city of
Yuwono said bad weather had been hindering rescue efforts but the search would go on for another week.
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