Dhaka, November 28: Twenty-Eight people were killed and dozens more were feared dead after a Bangladesh ferry jammed with more than 1000 people going home to celebrate the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday capsized, an official said today.
“We have recovered 28 bodies. We believe dozens more people were trapped under the water and we fear that they are dead,” district administrator Mejbahul Islam said from Nazirpura, 250km south of Dhaka.
The accident happened about midnight local time on Friday as the MV Coco-4, one of the country’s largest inland vessels, was approaching the dock on Bhola island.
The ferry had more than 1000 passengers aboard when it started taking on water, police said.
—Agencies