Bangladesh ferry capsizes with 200 passengers aboard; 12 bodies found


  • World
  • Thursday, 15 May 2014

DHAKA (Reuters) - A Bangladeshi river ferry with around 200 passengers on board capsized in a storm on Thursday, killing at least 12 people, and a rescue diver said he had seen more bodies inside the wreck.

Police said some 40 people had swum ashore as the M.V. Miraj-4 capsized in high winds and rain on the Meghna river near the capital Dhaka. Most of the passengers were city workers and students heading home for the weekend beginning on Friday.

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