This is China’s deadliest boat disaster in 70 years
The Eastern Star being lifted by cranes on Saturday (Photo: PTI)
Beijing: The death toll in the Chinese cruise ship that capsized in the mighty Yangtze river jumped to nearly 400 on Saturday as over 200 more bodies were pulled out, making it China’s deadliest boat disaster in 70 years as rescuers culminated their four days of relief operations.
The body of the youngest victim of the tragedy, a three-year-old girl, was among the hundreds more bodies retrieved from the murky waters. So far 396 bodies have been recovered from the four-storey cruise ship while a total of 46 people are still missing.
( Source : agencies )
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