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Death toll in S Korea ferry sinking climbs to 32

MOKPO — South Korean coast guard officials say they’ve found three more bodies from the sinking of a ferry, raising the death toll to 32.

South Korean Navy soldiers try to rescue passengers trapped in the sunken 6,852-ton ferry Sewol near the buoys which were installed to mark the vessel in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 19, 2014. Photo: AP

South Korean Navy soldiers try to rescue passengers trapped in the sunken 6,852-ton ferry Sewol near the buoys which were installed to mark the vessel in the water off the southern coast near Jindo, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 19, 2014. Photo: AP

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MOKPO — South Korean coast guard officials say they’ve found three more bodies from the sinking of a ferry, raising the death toll to 32.

Coast guard spokesman Kim Jae-in says the latest bodies were recovered today (April 19), three days after the ferry sank.

The updated death toll follows the arrest today of the captain of the ferry on suspicion of negligence and abandoning people in need. More than 300 are missing or dead.

Officials say strong currents and rain have made it difficult to get inside the ferry, where most of the passengers are believed to have been trapped.

Prosecutors say the ferry’s captain, 68-year-old Lee Joon-seok, was arrested along with the third mate, a 25-year-old woman identified only by her surname, Park, and 55-year-old helmsman Cho Joon-ki. AP

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