Sea ch
a d
escue
ope atio s
co ti ued
Wed esday
afte
a
govt
passe ge
fe y
capsized
o
Zimbabwe’s
Lake
Ka iba,
claimi g
at
least
44
lives,
autho ities
said.
A
wit ess
said
that
afte
the
fe y
sa k
i
ough
weathe
Tuesday,
bodies
could
be
see
i
the
wate
as
escue s
t ied
to
each
the
vessel,
which
was
ove tu ed.Passe ge s
had
pleaded
with
the
d ive
to
tu
back
i
the
ough
wate s,
local
media
quoted
a
su vivo
as
sayi g.
The
civil
p otectio
u it
said
ove ight
that
77
people
had
bee
escued.
The
vessel
t a spo ts
people
betwee
the
o the
tow
of
Ka iba
a d
isla ds
a d
fishi g
villages
a ou d
the
vast
st etch
of
wate ,
the
la gest
ma -made
lake
i
the
wo ld.
It
p ovided
a
vital
li k
fo
village s
a d
t ade s
f om
u al
a eas
to
the
Ka iba
comme cial
hub.
AFP
