Algeria: Fishing Trawler reported missing off Chlef coast

A fishing trawler with eight sailors on board, including three brothers has been missing since last Friday off Chlef, fishermen in the coastal town of Tenès said.

• A fishing trawler with eight sailors on board, including three brothers has been missing since last Friday off Chlef, fishermen in the coastal town of Tenès said.

• All the unflagging searches made so far by naval units including seasoned divers of the civil protection squad and local harbour authorities have fizzled out and fears are growing by leaps and bounds about the possible drowning of the 8 hapless sailors whose trawler was reportedly washed away by the heavy seas off the coast of Chlef province in north-western Algeria.