A shipwreck occurred on Mai-Ndombe Lake in the province of Mai-Ndombe. 40 people died, 183 survivors were identified. But the number of still missing remains unknown, according to the mayor of the city of Inongo, Cosmos Bohemba, who also said that the owner of the whaler is arrested since Sunday, May 27, 2019.
Several witnesses accuse him of having boarded more than 350 passengers on board. One of Maï-Ndombe notables Jean Bosco Bola, told the press that Maï-Ndombe's sinking death toll has been revised upwards. There are already a hundred wounded and others were even buried in Kamba village beside of Inongo. A local notable said that "we have practically buried a hundred bodies and a dozen bodies were brought back to Inongo".
Jean Bosco Bola also spoke of the causes of this sinking due first to the state of the whaling boat which already total 20 years old today. In reality, a whaling boat has only 5 years of existence.
Second reason mentioned, the service at the level of Maï-Ndombe is not competent, because the manifesto discovered in the hands of an agent had pointed out that it had 133 passengers, while the number of survivors found at the scene of the tragedy is over 100, and the numbers of victims are also above 100, and that's at least a total of more than 300 people who took part in this boat. So that means that the authorities have another manifesto that talks about 133 people, which means that the authorities have a false document, he revealed.
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