More than 100 people dead in shipwreck in DR Congo

Kinshasa, Nov 27: More than 100 people drowned when a fishing boat capsized late on Tuesday in lake Maindombe in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the governor of the
province said today.

"As of this morning, 103 bodies have been pulled from the water including 12 children and 91 adults," said Oscar Bala, Governor of Bandundu province, in the northeast of the
country.

Bala said he believed some 400 people were onboard
the boat went down but that there was no manifest.

Of the 91 bodies of adults found, 63 were men and 28
women, said the governor.

Bureau Report