A ferry packed with people capsized as they disembarked at a terminal in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least 18 dead and scores missing, authorities said Saturday. Some of the missing were feared trapped inside the ferry, local police officer Saiful Islam said. Rescuers pulled 18 bodies _ most of them children and women _ from the sunken part of the ferry, Islam was quoted as saying by The Associated Press. Gas torches were used to cut open submerged cabins, and local residents joined police and fire brigade divers to search for survivors inside the ferry, he said. The triple-deck ferry, M.V. Coco, was traveling late Friday from Dhaka to the coastal town of Bhola and was crowded with people heading home to celebrate the Eid Al-Adha, he said.
