A boat with passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 78 people died, Reuters reported.
It was previously reported that about 50 people died, about 10 were rescued and taken to a nearby hospital.
According to witnesses of the event, the boat was overloaded – there was room for 30 people. At the time of the accident, the boat was very close to the Kituk port where it was heading.
Fatal accidents due to boat capsizes regularly occur in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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In June, 80 people died when an overloaded boat sank near Kinshasa.
Main photo source: PAP/EPA/MARIE JEANNE MUNYERENKANA