Tanzania Ferry Sinking Leaves 240 People Dead; 607 Rescued
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At least 240 people died when a ferry sank off the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar, a police official said. An additional 607 people who were on the vessel have been rescued.
The boat sank at about midnight while en route to Pemba Island from Zanzibar, Police Commissioner Musa Ali Musa said in a phone interview from Zanzibar City, the capital of the Indian Ocean island nation. The vessel may have sunk because it was overloaded, the Nairobi office of Ecoterra International, a maritime environmental advocacy group, said in a statement.