8 dead, 2 missing as ship sinks in central Mozambique
According to a report, the canoe-type boat was carrying a total of 12 people, most of them farmers, when it sank in the Zambezi River due to overcrowding. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK
At least eight people, including six children, died and two are missing in a shipwreck on Monday in Mozambique's district of Caia, the central province of Sofala, Radio Mozambique reported on Tuesday.
According to the report, the canoe-type boat was carrying a total of 12 people, most of them farmers, when it sank in the Zambezi River due to overcrowding.
