TRAGIC/ Boat sinks with hundreds of passengers on board, 78 confirmed dead

2024-10-04 00:04:56 / BOTA ALFA PRESS

TRAGIC/ Boat sinks with hundreds of passengers on board, 78 confirmed dead
At least 78 people have died and dozens more are missing after a boat capsized in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Lake Kivu.

The boat with 278 passengers had left from Minova (in South Kivu). In circumstances that are still unclear, the boat capsized shortly before arriving at the port of Kituku in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province.

"At least 78 people died. The ship capsized and suddenly we were all under water," said one of the rescued passengers.

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