At least 20 people, mostly women, were killed and 30 missing when a boat carrying more than 100 people capsized in a river in central Pakistan on Monday, officials said.
A government statement said the overcrowded boat capsized on the Indus River in Sadikabad district on its way to the wedding.
The government added that about 90 people were rescued by divers and that the passengers were mostly women and children.
According to the note, all the passengers on board were from the same clan and were going to a family wedding along the river.
“We have recovered 20 bodies so far,” a local government official, Aslam Tasleem, told Geo News TV.
According to him, about 30 more people are missing.
“We are not sure exactly how many people were on the boat. We are only getting estimates based on reports from family members,” he said.
About 35 divers from a state rescue service joined in to find and rescue more people in the river, the statement said.
source: Noticias
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