Gabon's transport minister resigned over the tragedy and 33 people have been arrested under a criminal investigation. theSun theSundaily Gabon ferry portgentil news
: The toll from this month's ferry disaster off the coast of Gabon has risen to 26 dead after two more bodies were recovered on Monday, the public prosecutors office said.
The toll update came 11 days after the ferry, carrying 161 passengers and crew from the capital Libreville to the oil town of Port-Gentil, went down at night ten kilometres from shore.Gabon's transport minister resigned over the tragedy and 33 people have been arrested under a criminal investigation.
Those detained include officials at the ministry of transport, the merchant marine and the vessel's owner, Royal Cost Marine. The ongoing search for those missing “led to the discovery of two male bodies on Monday,“ prosecutor Andre Patrick Roponat told state television station Gabon Premiere.Many survivors of the ferry accident have said they received negligible help or guidance from the crew.
Some spent hours at sea clinging onto inflatable rafts before they were rescued by a flotilla of motorised canoes and a supply barge for the oil industry. -
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