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Kenya boat capsize near Lamu 'kills many' Kenya boat capsize near Lamu 'kills six'
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A passenger boat has capsized off the Kenyan coast, killing at least six people and leaving more than two dozen missing, officials say. A passenger boat has capsized off the Kenyan coast, killing at least six people and leaving several more missing, officials say.
The authorities are looking for survivors, but a high tide is hampering rescue efforts. Some 70 passengers are believed to have been on board. Some 25 people have been rescued and 23 have swum to shore, according to the Kenya Red Cross.
The boat capsized on Sunday night as it sailed from the resort of Lamu close to the Somali border to the mainland. The exact number of passengers on board is not known as records were not kept but some reports say there were 70.
Some 25 people have been rescued and 23 have swum to shore, the Red Cross says. The boat capsized on Sunday night as it sailed from the resort of Lamu, close to the mainland border with Somalia.
Fifteen people pulled from the water were admitted to hospital, it says. More than 20 other passengers were initially feared missing, but a Red Cross spokesman in Lamu told the BBC the final figure may be lower.
"We are continuing the search for survivors, and have taken 12 people to hospital where they are recovering after their boat was capsized by high waves in the dark on Sunday evening," said regional police chief Aggrey Adoli. "We expected the relatives of the missing persons to come and register their names. But only one person has come to register two missing," said Mohammad Abdul Qadir.
"We hope that some managed to swim to shore, and they managed to reach the bus on their own, but there is no official lists of passengers on this type of boat, so we continue our search." He said he had seen six bodies, while he had been told that a seventh person had been buried straight away according to Muslim tradition.
However, Lamu West deputy police chief Joseph Sigei told the BBC's Network Africa programme that there was little hope of finding any more survivors. Fifteen people pulled from the water were admitted to hospital, the Red Cross says.
Lamu West deputy police chief Joseph Sigei told the BBC's Network Africa programme that there was little hope of finding any more survivors.
He said the accident occurred when the boat's pilot tried to avoid colliding with another vessel.He said the accident occurred when the boat's pilot tried to avoid colliding with another vessel.
He said the boat was going to Mokowe, ferrying passengers to get a bus to Mombasa.He said the boat was going to Mokowe, ferrying passengers to get a bus to Mombasa.
Similar accidents in the past have been blamed on boats being overloaded.