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Deaths mount in Tanzania ferry accident
The death toll stands at 158 in Saturday’s ferry accident off the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, government officials said.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
An overcrowded ship carrying at least 600 people sank in deep sea near one of Tanzania’s top tourist destinations on Saturday, leaving at least 45 people dead and some 370 more believed missing or dead. Many of the missing are children.
The ferry, M.V. Spice Islanders, was heavily overloaded and some potential passengers had refused to board when it was leaving the mainland port of Dar es Salaam for an island north of the tourist destination of Zanzibar.
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