At least 23 individuals have been killed and several other dozen missing after a ship capsized in a river in Bangladesh. District administrator of North Panchgarh, Zahrul Islam, stated girls and kids had been among the many our bodies recovered to date, the place the accident occurred. “Rescue operations are on for the missing,” he stated. Islam stated it didn’t know the precise variety of individuals missing, however passengers stated greater than 70 individuals had been on board. Hundreds of individuals die annually in ferry accidents in Bangladesh, a low-lying nation that has intensive inland waterways however lacks security requirements. In May, no less than 26 individuals had been killed when an overcrowded speedboat collided with a sand-laden bulk provider and sank in the Padma River.
#UPDATE At least 23 individuals had been killed and several other dozen extra had been missing on Sunday after a ship capsized in a river in Bangladesh, police stated. pic.twitter.com/T9HMAzd8FA
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 25, 2022
Posted By: Navodit Saktawat