30 Dead, More Than 150 Missing After Boat Sinks on Congo Lake

Authorities in western Congo say at least 30 people are dead and more than 100 people are missing after a boat sank on a lake.
30 Dead, More Than 150 Missing After Boat Sinks on Congo Lake
Red Cross volunteers from Goma (DR Congo) and Gisenyi (Rwanda) on April 20, 2019. Alexis Huguet/AFP/File Photo via Getty Images
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KINSHASA, Congo—Thirty people are dead, and dozens of passengers are missing after a boat carrying more than 350 passengers capsized on a lake in the Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials told CNN on Monday.

“So far, we have recovered 30 bodies: 12 women, 11 children and seven men,” Simon Mbo Wemba, the mayor of the town of Innogo in western Congo said, according to the Independent.