Thai rescuers working to help survivors of a submerged ferry after an accident on the Chao Phraya river in Ayutthaya province on Sept 18, 2016. - EPA
Bangkok: The captain of a boat that sunk on a swollen river in central Thailand did not have a valid licence, an official said, as the death toll rose to 26.
The accident happened on the Chao Phraya river on Sunday afternoon near the ancient city of Ayutthaya, when a boat packed with Muslim pilgrims returning from a mosque hit a concrete bank in strong currents.
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