8 missing after fishing boat sinks in east China

Rescuers are searching for eight people missing after a fishing boat sank early Monday morning in the waters off east China's Zhejiang Province, according to local maritime police.

The boat, with 24 people onboard, sank around 2 a.m. at sea near the city of Zhoushan, said police, who received a report of the accident at 4:30 a.m.