Two people dead and two others still missing

Rescue operations are underway after a fishing boat struck a reef and sank in the sea near Zhangzhou City of east China's Fujian Province early Thursday, leaving two people dead and two others still missing.

A total of six people fell into the sea. So far, two people from the boat have been rescued. The rescue workers are still looking for the other two people still missing. Other fishing boats and passing merchant ships in the area have been called to participate in the search and rescue operations.