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MANILA (AFP) – – Two people were killed Sunday as a ship listed before sinking off the southern Philippines as hundreds were rescued in an operation involving naval and civilian vessels, officials said.

The ship sank about six nautical miles off the west coast of Zamboanga peninsula on Mindanao island, Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said.

Rescuers were five hours into an operation to evacuate 847 passengers listed on board the Philippines-flagged Superferry 9, which was on its way to the central port of Iloilo from General Santos City in the south.

The crew of 117 had earlier tried to save the vessel.

“We have two (fatalities),” Rear Admiral Wilfredo Tamayo, the coastguard chief, earlier said on local radio, adding that three people were hurt.

He did not disclose details about the deaths and injuries. Earlier, authorities said some people had jumped into the water in panic before dawn as the vessel began to tilt to

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