Cairo — Six people died and nine were injured when a tourist submarine carrying 45 passengers sank off the Egyptian coast Thursday, said provincial officials. They were speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.

At least six people are feared dead and nine injured after a tourist submarine sank in the Red Sea in Egypt.Twenty-nine people had to be rescued when the vessel sank off the coast of the city of Hurghada early on Thursday.

At least six people were killed and nine others injured Thursday when an Egyptian tourist submarine sank off the coast of the Red Sea resort town of Hurghada, local media reported.