Search efforts to locate the 18 missing persons are continuing in the waters off Kyrenia, following the maritime accident that claimed the lives of eight people.

Meanwhile, shocking images are emerging from the port of Kyrenia, where families of the missing are anxiously awaiting any information about the fate of their loved ones following the maritime accident.

Earlier today, a father who has not heard from his two children, Saliha Miray Bicher and Mehmet Asaf Bicher, tried to stop the ambulances leaving the port, desperately seeking any information.

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"MY HEART IS BURNING, MY CHILDREN ARE GONE"

A heartbroken father, unable to get any news of his children Saliha Miray Biçer and Mehmet Asaf Biçer following the shipwreck, tried to stop the ambulances leaving the port.

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"Are they taking my child?" the father asked, but he was not allowed into the port. Anxious parents wondering about the fate of

their missing children… pic.twitter.com/4nlfsSNphQ

— Özgür Gazete Kıbrıs (@CyprusNewspaper) August 31, 2026

“Are they taking my son away?” shouted the father, who was not allowed to enter the port area. “My heart is breaking; my children are gone,” he said, describing his anguish.

The mother of the two missing children is in a similar situation.

The wait continues following the shipwreck off Girne: “My son is 6 years old, weighs 20 kilograms… I can’t get my daughter’s face out of my mind.”
Following the shipwreck off the coast of Girne, which claimed the lives of 8 people, search and rescue operations are underway at sea to find the 18 missing people… pic.twitter.com/741Ae9a8jU

— Cyprus Post (@kibris_postasi) August 31, 2026

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With tears in her eyes, the mother appealed to the authorities to intensify their efforts to locate her children.

“My son is 6 years old and weighs 20 kilograms. He can’t protect himself. My daughter’s face is constantly before my eyes,” she said, describing her anguish as the hours pass without any news of their fate.

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Source: Proto Thema