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4 killed, 3 missing in shipwreck in northern Mozambique

10 September 2022 00:30 (UTC +04:00)

At least four people have died and three others were missing after a boat carrying 23 people capsized in Mozambique's Nacala Porto district in the northern province of Nampula on Thursday, APA reports citing Xinhua.

According to the information released Friday by the maritime administration of Nacala Porto district, the bodies of the four victims are yet to be identified.

Survivors were taken to the local hospital and rescuers are still searching for the three missing people, said the maritime administrator Adam Rachide.

Authorities assumed that the sinking was caused by bad weather. The victims were reportedly traveling for a traditional ceremony.