22 feared dead as boat capsizes on Nile River

22 feared dead as boat capsizes on Nile River

Thursday, July 23, 2015 10:19 am


At least 15 people drowned when a small boat collided with a barge and capsized on the Nile River near Cairo on Wednesday night, Egypt’s interior ministry said in a statement.

Six people were rescued and seven persons remain unaccounted for.

The collision occurred on the Nile near Giza, across the river from Cairo, the ministry statement said.

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