A passenger boat on the Niger River in northern Mali was attacked on Thursday by suspected jihadists, the Malian army said.The vessel is immobilised on the river and the army are evacuating passengers, a Comanav official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Attacks on an army base and a passenger boat on the Niger River in northern Mali on Thursday by suspected jihadists killed 64 people, a Malian official said.The two separate attacks targeted the Timbuktu boat on the Niger river and an army position at Bamba, in the northern Gao region with "a provisional toll of 49 civilians and 15 soldiers killed", according to a government statement.
Authorities rescued 40 people on Thursday after the vessel sank in strong winds, meaning it was carrying many more passengers than it was designed for. | World News
A small passenger boat capsized in a lake near the Philippine capital on Thursday, killing 23 people on board and leaving six missing, rescuers said.The passenger boat was making its regular run from a Binangonan port to the island of Talim in the middle of the lake, municipality rescue official Kenneth Cirados told AFP.
Rescuers retrieved 23 bodies from the water and there were 40 survivors, he said.