Search continues for missing after DRC boat capsizing kills at least 25
Al Jazeera
Dozens of people are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized in central DRC on Fimi river.
An overcrowded boat has capsized on a river in the central Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), killing at least 25 people, including children, and leaving dozens missing, according to officials and residents.
The vessel, which was believed to have more than 100 passengers on board, had left from the town of Inongo, northeast of the capital of Kinshasa, on Tuesday. It sank a few hundred metres into the journey along the Fimi river.
A search was under way for the missing hours later.
“There was overloading at roof level and, as far as the lifeless human bodies are concerned, at least 25 have been recovered so far,” said David Kalemba, Inongo’s river commissioner.
The capsized boat was also loaded with goods, according to Alex Mbumba, a resident of the area. “Among the dead are children … the boat had a lot of passengers,” Mbumba told the Associated Press news agency.
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