Tanzania Declares 4 Days Of National Mourning Over Ferry Tragedy

Umer Jamshaid Published September 22, 2018 | 03:15 AM

Tanzania declares 4 days of national mourning over ferry tragedy

Nairobi, Sept 21 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Sep, 2018 ) :Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Friday declared four days of national mourning following a deadly ferry accident on Lake Victoria in which at least 131 people died.

"I have decided to declare four days of national mourning starting today," he said in an address on TBC One public television, in which he updated an earlier death toll of 126 dead.

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