According to local authorities on Monday, a boat struck a rock and sank on Lake Tanganyika off the coast of DR Congo during the weekend, killing eleven persons, including seven children.
According to beach official Kashindi Bovari, rescue crews discovered the bodies of four mothers, four girls, and three boys.
According to him, another 62 persons survived the catastrophe overnight Saturday.
The actual number of individuals on board the crippled ship was unknown, however no passengers were reported missing.
The motorised canoe carrying people and cargo had left Uvira at the lake’s northernmost end on its way to the settlement of Karamba on the Ubwari peninsula, when it collided with the rock near Mboko.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, boat sinkings are common, with many lives lost.
There are few passable highways in this huge territory, therefore river and lake routes are typical alternatives.