Original title: a shipwreck in the northwest of Congo (DRC) has killed 61 people and left more than 60 missing
Congo (DRC) local government officials said on the 9th that hundreds of people were killed and missing in a shipwreck in the northwestern province of mongala due to bad weather.
Local officials said that as of that morning, 31 people had been rescued and 61 bodies of the victims had been salvaged.
Because there is no passenger list, the actual number of passengers carried by the ship at the time of the accident is unknown. According to the carrying capacity of the accident ship, it is estimated that more than 60 people are still missing. The search and rescue work is still ongoing.
There are many rivers and lakes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Taking a boat is one of the main ways for local residents to travel. Due to the dilapidated and overloaded ships, shipwrecks occur from time to time.