At least 60 people, among them women and children, are likely to have lost their lives following an incident in which a boat carrying Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized in rough waters off Bangladesh. Witnesses and survivors said the incident took place on Thursday, when the vessel overturned in waters close to Patuwartek, some eight kilometers off Inani Beach in Cox’s Bazar District, after it was lashed y torrential rain and high winds. “Twenty three people have been confirmed dead... 40 are missing and presumed drowned,” the spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Joel Millman, told reporters in Geneva. “The total fatality toll be in the range of 60.”