KINSHASA, Congo—Fourteen folks drowned in a lake on the border between Zambia and Congo when the boat they have been taking throughout sank earlier this week, Congolese lawmakers mentioned Friday.
The boat passengers died on Lake Mwero as they have been leaving Chinsamba island, based on Abraham Kitanika Soriano, a member of Congo’s parliament. A fifteenth passenger died of a coronary heart assault as a result of stress of the incident, he mentioned.
The boat left the island Monday morning with roughly 50 folks on board and encountered extreme wind. Zambian authorities rescued an unknown variety of survivors from the water after the vessel went down.
All fourteen our bodies have been recovered from the lake, officers mentioned.
Boat sinkings are widespread in distant elements of Congo and have triggered dozens of fatalities.
Many watercraft are overloaded with cargo and individuals who don’t know the best way to swim. Rescue operations are extraordinarily restricted in distant elements of the nation.
Not less than 145 passengers went lacking and have been feared lifeless in January after a motorized boat overloaded with items and animals sank at evening on a river in northwestern Congo.
By Jean-Yves Kamale
