CAIRO, Egypt - A cargo ship collided with a boat on the Nile
carrying people celebrating an engagement, leaving at least 18 dead, Egyptian
police said Thursday as divers searched for missing passengers.
The captain of the cargo boat and his assistants were
arrested following the accident late Wednesday in the Warraq district north of
Cairo, the authorities said.
A police general on the scene told AFP that 18 corpses had
been retrieved. Police and medics had earlier said 21 people were killed.
Five survivors were plucked from the river but an unknown
number were still missing, the police general said.
At least two children drowned, according to medical and
security sources.
Source: AFP
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