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Toll from Mali boat accident more than triples to 72 dead

By REUTERS

OCTOBER 19, 2013 15:43

BAMAKO - The death toll from a boat accident in Mali last week has more than tripled to 72 after more bodies were found, the government said on Saturday.

The accident took place on the Niger River on Oct. 11 when a boat overloaded with passengers and goods capsized near the town of Konna, as it was heading for the northern town of Timbuktu.

"The latest toll is 72 dead, 11 slightly injured and 210 rescued," government spokesman Sounkalo Togola said after three ministers travelled to the scene of the accident.

Authorities had given an initial figure of 20 dead. Togola said no more passengers were missing.

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