4 dead as migrant boats sink off Greek island

CANAKKALE/BALIKESIR, Turkey

At least four migrants, three of them children, were killed as three boats sank off the Greek island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea, Turkish security sources said late Saturday.

More than 100 migrants, mostly from Afghanistan, were rescued by Turkish Coast Guard teams and the crew members of a cargo ship sailing nearby after the boats capsized due to bad weather conditions, sources said.

The rescue teams took 5 children -- aged between four and six -- to Edremit district of western Balikesir province for treatment. They were said to be in critical condition.