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58 die after boat capsizes in C.Africa: rescuers

Search and rescue efforts continue after the boat capsized in the Jhelum river near the Batwara area of Srinagar, India. [AFP]

At least 58 people going to a funeral died after their overloaded boat capsized in the Central African Republic's capital Bangui, the head of civil protection said on Saturday.

"We were able to extract 58 lifeless bodies. We don't know the total number of people who are underwater," Thomas Djimasse told Radio Guira.

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