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Customs duties on this disaster, which took place on Wednesday 23 December on this border lake between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, have been revised upwards. We are now talking about 41 corpses found in the lake.
as reported from Kinshasa, Commander Muzembe Commander
41 bodies were recovered from Lake Albert after shipwreck Wednesday December 23rd. We are in Ituri, a province of the DRC on the border with Uganda. That evening, a dugout belonging to a Ugandan subject, with passengers and packages of salted fish, boarded the Panyamur market, located in Uganda.
In front of the fishing camp in Kolokoto, the boat is caught in the storm before it capsizes, explains the governor of Ituri, Jean Bamanisa. Among the victims are Congolese and Ugandans, says the traditional chief of Wangongo in Mahagi-Port. According to him, all these bodies have already returned to their respective families.
According to the governor, there are still an unknown number of missing. The research continues. As for the causes of the disaster, the provincial authorities are causing the congestion, the fierce wind and especially the fact that the boat was sailing at night. Shipwreck on Lake Albert are relatively common. Last June, two boats were destroyed and caused the deaths of 18 people. Often the results are very heavy. List other sources on the site in Ituri, which blames the decay of the boat, which also lacks life jackets.
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