Seven people, including two children, drowned after their boat sank 2.5 nautical miles (in the Turkish waters) northwest of Cape Amoglossa of Kos island.

Coast Guard managed to rescue a man and a woman of the 9 passengers of the boat.

According to the Greek Coast Guard, a man was located early Wednesday on a Kos beach who claimed that he was on a boat that sank.

A rescue operation was immediately launched and searched the area for survivors. The bodies of two children (a boy and girl), three men and one woman were located in the Greek waters.

On its part, the Turkish Coast Guard recovered a woman body and rescued a woman in critical condition. Turkish authorities transferred the woman to the hospital.