At least 40 people have died, mainly women and children, when an overloaded ferry sank in the Tigris river near Mosul in northern Iraq, authorities say. 9News
At least 79 people have died when an overloaded ferry carrying families on an outing sank in the Tigris river in Mosul in northern Iraq, medical sources say.
He said the ferry had been loaded to several times its capacity. "It can normally carry 50 people. There were 250 on board before the incident," he said. The boat was ferrying people to a man-made island used as a recreational area by families, according to one witness.
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