A ferry with 600 people on board has sunk off the coast of Tanzania and about 380 passengers are missing.
Survivor Abdullah Saied said the MV Spice Islanders was heavily overloaded when it sank in an area with heavy currents in deep sea between mainland Tanzania and Pemba Island at about 1am on Saturday local time.
The registrar of the ship, Abdullah Mohamed, says 220 people have been rescued. Tanzanian authorities did not yet have an official statement.
Residents have crowded the docks of Stone Town on Zanzibar, an island near Pemba, waiting for news.
One man was screaming that he had lost 25 members of his family, including his sisters, his wife and grandsons.
Seven bodies have washed up so far, said witness Abdirizak Juma.
Many of those present expressed anger that the ship had been allowed to leave port so overloaded and called on government officials to resign.
The green and hilly island of Pemba is often described as one of the best scuba diving destinations in the world.
SOURCE:WORLD NEWS
2 comments:
oh no, this is sad news :(
Subhanallah.. mungu awape familia za wa fiwa subra...
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