Ferry capsize kills nearly 80 in Iraq's Mosul: medics

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There were 250 on board before the incident,” he said.<span style="color: #292b2c; font-size: 1rem;"> </span></p> <p>Five ferry workers were arrested after late on Thursday, security sources said. Rescue workers were still looking for missing passengers.</p> <p>The boat was ferrying people to a man-made island used as a recreational area by families, according to one witness.</p> <p>“I was standing near the river back when suddenly the ferry started to tilt left and right, and passengers began screaming before it capsized,” said Mohamed Masoud, a local civil servant.<span style="color: #292b2c; font-size: 1rem;"> </span></p> <p>“I saw women and children waving with their hands begging for help but no one was there to rescue them. I don’t know how to swim. I couldn’t help. I feel guilty. I watched people drown.”</p> <p>Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi ordered an inquiry into the accident and said on Twitter that those responsible would be held accountable.</p> <p>Mobile phone footage showed the ferry sinking into the muddy water and people shouting for help. Among the dead were some 19 children and at least 52 women, medical sources said.</p> <p>Reconstruction of Mosul, much of which was destroyed in a military campaign to recapture the city from Islamic State militants in 2017, has barely begun and is haphazard.</p> <p>Residents say they feel abandoned by the central government, but have returned and started to rebuild their own homes. The city’s infrastructure remains largely damaged.</p> <p>The rescue team was retrieving survivors and had rescued 12 people so far, Khalil said.</p> <p>Police and medical sources said earlier at least 40 people had drowned. 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