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11 children plus 2 other people believed to be mothers have drowned after in Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania after a boat capsized. 7 others have been reported missing.
According to news24, the 11 children who drowned in Wednesday's accident, all aged between two and five, were travelling to a clinic in a nearby village in the south of the country to get vaccinated.
10 of the 30 passengers swam to shore, regional police commander Jacob Mwaruanda told AFP.
Mwarunada further said that the boat's maximum capacity was 25 passengers.
"Both the boat captain and its owner disappeared after the accident, but we are still hunting them," the police chief added. .
