More than 90 dead, including children, wrecked in Iraq | Chronic

A shipwreck on the Tigris River in the Iraqi city of Mosul ended the lives of 96 people, including 12 children, the local authorities said, saying the final toll would be even higher. "The number of victims killed in the accident amounts to 96, including women and children"said in a statement, adding that 61 people had managed to be saved.

As to the reasons for the tragedy, they stated that "the capacity of the boat was much smaller than the number of pbadengers who were there"The ferry was ready to accommodate 50 people and had 170 people on board, so being overweight made it possible to bypbad the tourist island of Bosques in Mosul, where dozens of people had gathered to celebrate among the people. 39 others, the Nouruz Festival, the Kurdish New Year, Mother's Day and the beginning of Spring.

As soon as they fell to the water, the pbadengers were violently dragged by the waters of the Tigris, which made the task of rescue teams difficult.