| Submit your comments on this article | |
| Iraq | |
| Ferry sinks in Tigris near Iraq's Mosul, killing 55 | |
| 2019-03-22 | |
| [DAWN] A ferry overloaded with people celebrating the Kurdish new year sank in the Tigris River near the Iraqi city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... on Thursday, killing at least 55 people, mostly women and kiddies, officials said. Col. Hussam Khalil, head of the Civil Defense in the northern Nineveh province, told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named the accident occurred as scores of people were out in a tourist area celebrating Nowruz, which marks the Kurdish new year and the arrival of spring. Health Ministry front man Seif al-Badr said the dead include 33 women, 12 children and 10 men. He said 30 people were rescued, adding that search operations are still underway as it is not known how many people were aboard the ferry. Khalil said the ferry sank because of a technical problem, and that there weren't many boats in the area to rescue people. He said more than 80 people were on the ferry when it sank.
| |
| Posted by:Fred |