At least 6 feared dead as 2 boats capsize on Lake Victoria: Ugandan police


KAMPALA, July 5 (Xinhua) -- At least six people are feared dead in two separate boat capsizing accidents on Lake Victoria in Uganda, a police spokesperson said in the capital of Kampala on Wednesday.

Patrick Onyango, the spokesperson of the Kampala Metropolitan Police, told Xinhua by telephone that a passenger boat with 11 people on board from Kiseba islands in Kalangala District of central Uganda capsized while heading to the Katosi landing site in the central district of Mukono.

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