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Rescuers have recovered six extra our bodies from a river in southern Malawi days after a ship carrying about 37 folks was capsized by a hippo on Monday.
Police spokesperson Agnes Zalakoma stated the our bodies have been recovered Wednesday from the Shire River in Malawi’s Nsanje district, bringing the demise toll to seven.
13 folks have been earlier rescued however 17 are nonetheless unaccounted for and on Monday, the physique of a one-year-old toddler was pulled out of the river, which Zalakoma stated was infested with crocodiles and hippos.
These discovered useless have been aged between 17 and 51, she added.
A lawmaker for the Nsanje district, Gladys Ganda, stated the villagers have been crossing the Shire River to get to their farms on the Malawian border with Mozambique when the boat they have been touring in was struck by the hippo.
Police spokeswoman Zalakoma earlier informed CNN that accidents are widespread on the river.
“It’s too harmful as a result of it (the Shire River) is just too shallow and on this river, there are crocodiles that more often than not assault folks and in addition hippopotamus that trigger incidents just like the one we’re coping with,” she stated.
She added that rescuers are persevering with the seek for these lacking.
The realm has seen earlier tragic boat accidents. In January, a canoe carrying 15 folks capsized within the Shire River after hitting a tree trunk, leaving one particular person useless and 6 others lacking and feared useless, Zalakoma informed CNN.