Nine dead, seven missing after Irma hits French islands

Ersin Çelik
14:378/09/2017, Friday
U: 8/09/2017, Friday
REUTERS
A dutch soldier patrols the streets of Sint Maarten Dutch part of Saint Martin island in the Carribean after the Hurricane Irma September 7, 2017.
A dutch soldier patrols the streets of Sint Maarten Dutch part of Saint Martin island in the Carribean after the Hurricane Irma September 7, 2017.

Nine people have been killed and at least seven are missing after hurricane Irma hit the France's Caribbean islands of Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy, French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said on Friday.

"112 were people were injured," Collomb said, adding that there could be more victims.

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