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Zimbabwe boat accident death toll hits 68 as 22 more bodies recovered

Twenty-two more bodies have been recovered after a boat accident in Zimbabwe , taking the death toll to 68, police said on Saturday. The ferry capsized on Tuesday on Lake Kariba , on the border with Zambia.

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Twenty‑two additional bodies were recovered from the capsized passenger ferry on Lake Kariba, raising the death toll to 68, police said on Saturday. The ferry had carried 18 children among those killed. A coffin containing one of the victims left the Kariba hospital mortuary on 14 August after the body was identified for burial in Kariba. The incident occurred on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe.

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