At least 10 individuals, together with a child, drowned after a ship carrying migrants overturned whereas crossing the Drina River from Serbia to Bosnia, officers within the two Balkan international locations stated Thursday.
Serbian police obtained a name round 5 a.m. from their counterparts in Bosnia and a citizen who reported the accident, stated Interior Minister Ivica Dacic.
Dacic initially stated that 18 migrants, together with three youngsters, managed to cross into Bosnia, out of 25 individuals who have been within the boat when it overturned. But he later stated that the variety of victims had reached 10 individuals, which suggests there may need been extra migrants within the boat when it capsized.
“The lifeless body of a baby that is about nine months old has been found,” stated Dacic. “The baby was with its mother whose body was pulled out of the river earlier today.”
“Police and rescuers are continuing a further search of the Drina River and the surrounding terrain,” stated Dacic in a press release.
Out of 18 migrants who made it to shore, 16 are from Syria and two are from Egypt, Dacic stated. 10 of them are minors.
Bosnian emergency official Boris Trninic stated earlier there have been about 30 individuals within the boat, 15 of whom reached security,
It was not instantly doable to verify the precise variety of individuals on the boat.
Migrants utilizing the so-called Balkan land route of their efforts to achieve Western Europe come to Serbia from Bulgaria or North Macedonia earlier than shifting on to Hungary, Croatia or Bosnia.
To attain rich European international locations, individuals fleeing wars and poverty usually flip to individuals smugglers to take them throughout borders with out authorization.
Source: www.dailysabah.com