At least 5 dead in shipwreck in Brazil: navy

BRASILIA, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed after a ship sank in Salvador, capital city of Brazil's eastern state of Bahia, confirmed navy.

It is the second shipwreck in Brazil within two days as a ship sank overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday on the Xingu river in northern Para state in the Amazon region, leaving at least 19 people dead.