Death Toll In DR Congo Boat Accident Rises To 16
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published February 17, 2021 | 07:40 PM
Kinshasa, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Feb, 2021 ) :Rescue workers have recovered 16 bodies from a crowded vessel that capsized on the Congo River at the weekend, sources in DR Congo's navy and Red Cross said on Wednesday.
The barge, locally known as a "baleiniere" or whaler, overturned on Sunday after leaving the river port of Maluku near Kinshasa, heading for Mbandaka, capital of Equateur province.
A preliminary toll had given nine dead and an unknown number of missing.
"We have saved 125 people. We have recovered 16 bodies," rescue operations chief Papy Kamalubanda, who commands a naval unit in the area, told AFP.
The flat-bottomed vessel came aground at the village of Malebo, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the capital.
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