Thu, 2019-03-21 16:28
MOSUL: At least 54 people have died and 28 are missing after a ferry carrying families sank Thursday on the Tigris River in Iraq's northern city of Mosul during Kurdish New Year celebrations.
Most of the casualties on the ferry were women and children who could not swim, said the head of Mosul's Civil Defence Authority, Husam Khalil.
The rescue team is still retrieving survivors and has rescued 12 people so far, Khalil added.
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