Urgent: At least 15 dead in boat sinking in Central African Republic-Xinhua

Urgent: At least 15 dead in boat sinking in Central African Republic

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2024-04-20 05:40:15

BANGUI, April 19 (Xinhua) -- At least 15 people died on Friday when a boat sank on the Mpoko River in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, witnesses told Xinhua.

More than 300 people boarded the boat bound for the village of Mokelo, in the commune of Bimbo, Ombella-Mpoko prefecture, when it sank, several witnesses told Xinhua. ■