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Rwanda discovers 15 bodies from DRC boat accident

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Published on: June 16, 2023

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15 bodies from the boat accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been washed down into Rwanda’s side of Lake Kivu according to officials.

Red Cross volunteers from Goma (DR Congo) and Gisenyi (Rwanda) intervene on the municipal beach of Gisenyi, northeast Rwanda on April 20, 2019, and load the bodies of people who were found on the same day as those who disappeared when a pirogue sank on Lake Kivu on April 15. – Democratic Republic of Congo President has declared on April 19, 2019 a day of mourning with 114 people still missing days after a boat capsized on Lake Kivu, killing 13, the presidency said. He has also decided to make it mandatory for passengers on the lake, the site of regular drownings, to have lifebuoys, the presidency office said in a statement. (Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET / AFP) (Photo credit should read ALEXIS HUGUET/AFP/Getty Images)

The bodies of 13 women, a child and a man were sighted in Lake Kivu in Rwanda’s Nyamyumba sector in Rubavu district, and the Rwandan authorities notified DR Congo counterparts in Goma town immediately, Rubavu district vice mayor Janvier Murenzi told journalists in the district.

More bodies are still missing, but these newly recovered bodies reduce the number of the missing, Murenzi cited the DR Congo authorities as saying.

DR Congo authorities on Thursday confirmed that at least 104 people were killed after a boat capsized on Monday night on Lake Kivu in South Kivu province in the eastern part of the country.

The retrieved bodies were wrapped and handed over to the mayor of Goma earlier on Saturday, he said, adding that the district is telling residents to avoid fishing and swimming activities in the area until further notice.

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