21 die in boat capsize off Myanmar: UN

At least 21 people including nine children died after a boat capsized in rough waters off the coast of Myanmar's restive Rakhine state on Tuesday, a UN spokesman said. The vessel was transporting around 60 passengers from a camp to a local market, according to the UN's Pierre Peron in Myanmar, who said the majority were internally displaced people. Rakhine state in western Myanmar is home to many IDP camps housing thousands of ethnic Rohingya, a largely stateless Muslim minority living in apartheid-like conditions after communal violence tore through the region in 2012. sea.