Færgekatastrofe: Mindst 60 døde

En overfyldt færge forliste søndag med 700 mennesker om bord på en flod i Den Demokratiske Republik Congo. Foreløbig er blot 300 overlevende fundet efter katastrofen, hvor mindst 60 nu er bekræftet omkommet.

Katastrofen skete på Congofloden mellem Kinshasa og Mbandaka..

En congolesisk minister oplyser, at årsagen til ulykken var, at færgen havde taget for mange passagerer og last om bord,

mens også nattesejladsen kan have haft indflydelse.

Ministeren udtrykte sin kondolence til de berørte familier og opfordrede til sanktioner mod de involverede.

“Foreløbig har redningsmandskabet fundet 60 omkomne og 300 overlevende. Der er stadig mange savnede efter forliset,” udtaler Steve Mbikayai, humanitær minister i DR Congo´s regering.

Færgen var på vej fra Kinshasa til Mbandaka, da ulykken skete.

Det er langt fra første gang, at DR Congo rammes af alvorlige dødsulykker med skibe, hvor netop flodtransport ofte er den eneste mulighed for at rejse over længere distancer.

I maj 2020 omkom ti passagerer, da en fritidsfartøj forlist på Kivu-søen og i juli 2010 omkom mere end 135 ved et forlis i Bandundu-provinsen.

Kilde: Aljazeera.

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