URGENT: Three Kazakh citizens were on board cruise ship that ran aground off Italy
17:22, 14 January 2012
ASTANA. January 14. KAZINFORM Three citizens of Kazakhstan were on board a Costa Concordia cruise ship, which ran aground off the Italian coast on Saturday, Kazakh Foreign Ministry told Kazinform.
The Kazakhstanis have been evacuated without injury.
As reported earlier, there were 3,200 passengers and 1,000 crew on board the liner. Earlier media reported that eight people were killed in the incident, but it is not excluded that the death toll may rise, since many of the passengers jumped into the sea.