{"id":34087,"date":"2024-07-28T12:23:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T16:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/boat-disaster-in-ethiopia-kills-12\/28\/07\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-07-28T12:23:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T16:23:03","slug":"boat-disaster-in-ethiopia-kills-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/boat-disaster-in-ethiopia-kills-12\/28\/07\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Boat disaster in Ethiopia kills 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Reports from northern Ethiopia say at least 12 people have drowned after their boat sank in the Amhara region.<\/p>\n

The wooden vessel was taking passengers to a funeral across the Tekeze river, which runs along Ethiopia’s border with Eritrea.<\/p>\n

The boat was hit by a flash flood and capsized on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Twenty-six people were thought to have been on board when the accident happened.<\/p>\n

The survivors were taken to hospital for treatment, reports the Amhara Media Corporation (AMC)<\/a>, including a “severely wounded” child.<\/p>\n

It was not yet clear on Sunday if all the bodies of those who died had been recovered from the water.<\/p>\n

Work on an out-of-use bridge which spans the Tekeze river was due to be finished last month, but had been delayed, a local official told AMC.<\/p>\n

Media access to northern Ethiopia is heavily restricted by the authorities.<\/p>\n

The region has seen recent clashes between the military and an ethnic Amhara militia known as the Fano.<\/p>\n

More BBC stories on Ethiopia:<\/h2>\n
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