South Korea ferry: Vice principal rescued from sinking ship found hanged
Credit: The Independent
The vice principal of the Danwon High School,
where over 300 of its students were on board the sunken South Korea ferry,
has been found hanged, local police have said.
Kang Min-Kyu was found dead near a school gymnasium on Jindo island where
many of the rescued and relatives of those still missing have
gathered, the Yonhap News Agency has reported.
The 52-year-old, who has been missing since Thursday, was
rescued along with 178 others. Over 260 people are still missing.
A police officer says the vice principal,
identified only by his surname Kang, was found dead on the island of Jindo
where rescued passengers have taken shelter. He did not provide any further
details.
The news of the death came on Friday as rescuers scrambled
to find hundreds of people still missing from the ferry, which capsized with
over 470 people on board off SouthKorea’s southwestern coast. Read more >>
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