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Caspian Sea takes lives of 86 Iranians

Society Materials 28 September 2015 13:57 (UTC +04:00)
Eighty-six Iranians have drowned in the Caspian Sea in the 4-month period between May 22 and September 22
Caspian Sea takes lives of 86 Iranians

Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 28

By Fatih Karimov - Trend: Eighty-six Iranians have drowned in the Caspian Sea in the 4-month period between May 22 and September 22.

Ali Abbasi, the director of Mazandaran Province's forensic medicine department, said that the figure fell 11 percent compared to the same period in the previous year, Iran 's Fars news agency reported Sept. 28.

Of the drowned persons, 73 were male and the rest were female, he said, adding that 86 of the drowned were non-local.

Studies show that 37 of the drowned persons were between 21 and 30 years of age, 28 were between 11 and 20 years of age, and 17 were between 31 and 40 years of age, he noted.

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