The Turag River trawler capsize incident rescue effort in Bangladesh has officially come to an end.
After 32 hours, divers have traced bodies of five people with two people still missing, Inspector Alamgir Hossain of the river police told the media on Sunday.
The bodies of four children and a woman were recovered Saturday.
With the total number of passengers still unknown, the rescue mission was launched around 9am on Saturday several hours after the trawler sank after a bulkhead vessel hit it. Authorities managed to lift the sunken boat later in the afternoon.
A total of four boats and a diver team were involved in the mission along with the navy, coast guard, river police and Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA).
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