Tanzania’s president John Magufuli has ordered the arrest of the managers of a ferry that capsized in Lake Victoria, after the death toll climbed above 130 and rescue workers pressed on with the search for scores more still missing. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tanzania’s president John Magufuli Photograph: Reuters“It appears clear that the ferry was overloaded,” he said, adding that “the arrests have already begun”. The president also declared four days of national mourning, while saying at least 131 people had died, updating an earlier death toll of 126. With a surface area of 70,000 sq km (27,000 sq miles), the oval-shaped Lake Victoria is shared by Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. In March 2012, only two survivors were found after a boat carrying about 60 people capsized on the lake in Uganda.

Source: The Guardian September 21, 2018 19:19 UTC