JAKARTA: Indonesian rescuers found five more bodies on Friday after a boat taking people home following holidays at the end of Ramadan sank, an official said, taking the death toll from the accident to 13.

The small wooden vessel, which was holding more than double its capacity of about 20 people, went down on Thursday as it travelled back from Panjang island to a beach in Central Java province.

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