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Tanzania Declares Four Days Of National Mourning Over Ferry Tragedy

  Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Friday declared four days of national mourning following a deadly ferry accident on Lake Victoria in which at least … Continue reading Tanzania Declares Four Days Of National Mourning Over Ferry Tragedy

By Ronke Sanya Idowu
Updated September 21, 2018
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An image grab taken from a video provided by Tanzania’s StarTV channel reportedly shows people removing bodies of victims from the water after the ferry MV Nyerere capsized in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, on September 21, 2018. PHOTO: STARTV / AFP
An image grab taken from a video provided by Tanzania’s StarTV channel reportedly shows people removing bodies of victims from the water after the ferry MV Nyerere capsized in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, on September 21, 2018. PHOTO: STARTV / AFP

 

Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Friday declared four days of national mourning following a deadly ferry accident on Lake Victoria in which at least 131 people died.

“I have decided to declare four days of national mourning starting today,” he said in an address on TBC One public television, in which he updated an earlier death toll of 126 dead.

AFP

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