An Indonesian ferry packed with hundreds of refugees fleeing violence in the ravaged Spice Islands sank yesterday and it was not clear whether anyone had survived, rescue officials said.
救援官员表示，一艘载有数百名逃离战火纷飞的香料群岛的难民印尼渡船昨日沉没，目前尚不清楚是否有人生还E^-^JDWpd*;Qn@ziC#。
Officials said the ship had a capacity of 200 passengers
有关官员说，这艘客轮的载客量为200人，
but around 500 were believed to have been aboard after hundreds of refugees fought their way onto the ferry on the island of Halmahera, scene of bloody religious violence this month.
但据说，在哈马黑拉岛上，数百名难民奋力登上渡轮后，大约有500人在船上，真是本月血腥的宗教暴力场面1%Ao3@(RE&5Z72。
"There were about 198 passengers and crew on top of around 290 refugees," Selaman, head of the search and rescue team in the north Sulawesi capital of Manado, told reporters.
塞拉曼，北苏拉威西岛首府万鸦老搜救队的负责人，告诉记者，“除大约290名难民外，船上大概还有198名乘客和工作人员k1r]7Ymj@^5P。”