In a ferry accident near the Northern Iraqi city of Mosul have died according to the authorities by Friday morning, more than 100 people. On Thursday evening the speech was 85 dead. Rescue workers moved according to witnesses, the body from the river and handed it to family members. Among the Victims were women and children, were mainly the Iraqi interior Ministry announced on Friday.
The accident was one of the most difficult in Iraq for several years. Images in social media showed people who were swept away in the strong current of the river. Some clung to objects that swam in the water. 55 Survivors were rescued from the Tigris river, said the Prime Minister of Iraq Adel Abdel Mahdi, on Thursday, the state news Agency INA reported. Abdel Mahdi has ordered a three-day mourning period. The justice ordered the arrest of nine persons in charge of the Fährbetreibers and issued arrest warrants against the owners of the ferry and of the activated complex.
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The ferry was North of Mosul on the road and capsized near a popular holiday island, the second should be to bring the Kurdish new year festival of the passengers. A safety representative that the ferry was overloaded. The members of Parliament Abdel Rahim al-Schamari said that the ferry had been built for 50 people, but had around 200 on Board. Eye-witnesses reported that she was old.
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Because it had rained in the past few weeks in the Region, the water level of the Tigris is currently high, the rescue work difficult. Mossuls inhabitants were called upon in social media to participate in the rescue of the victims. Also helicopters were in use. The former million city of Mosul had been overrun in the summer of 2014 by the terrorist militia Islamic state (IS). Iraqi troops were able to get rid of 2017, with air support from the international Anti-IS coalition. Large parts of the city, but now destroyed. The old town Mossuls was placed in the fight against the jihadists almost completely in rubble. The billion dollar reconstruction is progressing very slowly. (dpa, AFP)
