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Sunken ferryboat death toll rises to 29 - Health Ministry
A boat is docked at a beach, near a cement factory at El Ain El Sokhna port in Suez, 140 km (87 miles) east of Cairo, July 6, 2012. The Arabic words spell out the name of the boat and its owner. Picture taken July 6, 2012. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
CAIRO, Jul 23 (Aswat Masriya) - Eleven bodies of passengers from the capsized Nile river ferry were recovered on Friday, raising the death toll to 29, the Health Ministry said in a statement.
Wednesday's accident occurred when "a barge collided" with the ferryboat in Giza, "shattering" the latter, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on its official Facebook page.
The ministry attributed the accident to captain of the barge, who was arrested alongside his assistant.
In March, a private company bus carrying workers fell off the ring road and into a canal branching from the Nile river, leaving a dozen dead.
