An overcrowded ferry carrying residents fleeing a cholera outbreak sank off Mozambique's northern coast, resulting in the death of at least 98 people, including children. The ferry sank while en route to the Island of Mozambique, leaving 11 people hospitalized. Search and rescue operations are ongoing to find any remaining survivors.
overcrowded with residents reportedly fleeing a cholera outbreak sank off Mozambique 's northern coast, killing at least 98 people including children, local media said overnight.
In this video grab provided by Television of Mozambique, women mourn their relatives lost in the ferry disaster. Noticias, one of the country's main and oldest newspapers, said the boat ordinarily was used as a fishing vessel and that residents of the town of Lunga were trying to flee what they believed was a flare-up in cases of cholera that the country has suffered in recent months.
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