Death toll in Zimbabwe ferry disaster rises to 68 as more bodies are recovered

Eighteen children are among the dead after an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe

Police say 23 more bodies have been recovered from Lake Kariba after the overloaded vessel capsized on Tuesday.

Officials say the boat was authorised to carry 90 people but was packed with 114 adults, five crew members and an unspecified number of children.

Mourners gathered in a Zimbabwe fishing town Thursday to bid farewell to dozens of people who were killed when an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba this week, as police said the death toll rose to 46.

22 more bodies recovered in Zimbabwe ferry disaster, bringing death toll to 68, police say  Toronto Star

Police say 18 children are among the nearly 70 people killed this week when an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe

22 more bodies recovered in Zimbabwe ferry disaster, bringing death toll to 68, police say  AP News

Grieving families gathered at a mortuary in Kariba on Thursday as the death toll from Tuesday’s ferry disaster on Lake Kariba rose to 46, while survivors described the desperate struggle to escape the sinking vessel.

In Zimbabwe, hundreds of people have attended a memorial service following a ferry disaster on Lake Kariba that claimed at least 46 lives. The boat was a vital link for villagers and fish traders around the vast lake, but was reportedly overloaded when it ran into trouble on Tuesday. Laurent Berstecher has the details.

The overloaded government ferry, a vital link for villagers and fish traders around the vast Lake Kariba, overturned in choppy waters on Tuesday in one of the country's worst passenger boat disasters.