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Bodies of 6 people found on shore of eastern Greek island

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says six bodies have been recovered from the shore of the eastern island of Lesbos. Authorities suspect the people were migrants who died in their attempt to make it to Greece from the nearby Turkish coast. The coast guard said the bodies of the three men and three women were found early Tuesday morning near the island’s main town of Mytilene. None of the six was wearing a life jacket. The coast guard says there were no signs of a shipwreck and no emergency numbers received a call about a boat in distress near the island. The nationalities and identities of the people who died was not immediately known.

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