IRAQ: TWO MORE BODIES FOUND AS SEARCH CONTINUES FOR PEOPLE SWEPT AWAY WHILE TRYING TO CROSS A TRIBUTARY OF THE TIGRIS RIVER NEAR ZAKHU

Record ID: 647992

  • Title: IRAQ: TWO MORE BODIES FOUND AS SEARCH CONTINUES FOR PEOPLE SWEPT AWAY WHILE TRYING TO CROSS A TRIBUTARY OF THE TIGRIS RIVER NEAR ZAKHU
  • Date: 1st December 2004
  • Summary: (U4) FEYSH KHABOUR, IRAQ (DECEMBER 1, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. LV: BOAT TRAVELLING ALONG RIVER 0.07 2. PEOPLE ON BOAT SEARCHING FOR MISSING PEOPLE IN RIVER 0.14 3. BOAT CARRYING BODY SAILING TOWARDS LAND 0.21 4. CLOSE UP OF BODY BROUGHT TO LAND BEING COVERED UP 0.28 5. VARIOUS: ANOTHER BODY IS BROUGHT TO LAND FROM ANOTHER BOAT (3 SHOTS) 0.50 6. SCU: OUTBOARD ENGINE ON SHORE 0.57 7. LV: HIGH SPEED BOATS ON RIVER 1.04 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 16th December 2004 12:00
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  • Location: FEYSH KHABOUR, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVAB7D1I3ESUSR5I47TQBJT8C4BC
  • Story Text: Two more bodies found as search continues for people
    swept away while crossing a river in north of Iraq on Tuesday.


    The search continued on Wednesday (December 1, 2004) for
    bodies of people drowned in a river in the far north of
    Iraq the previous day. Two bodies were found, bringing to
    seven the number recovered so far.

    Dozens of people were packed on to a flat barge boat,
    trying to cross a tributary of the Tigris, when a rush of
    water swept downstream and overturned the barge, witnesses
    told a reporter for Reuters at the scene.

    Up to 40 people were swept away as they tried to cross
    the swollen river, families of the victims said.

    Witnesses said four people travelling on the
    overcrowded barge survived.

    The accident occurred near the town of Zakhu, on Iraq's
    border with Turkey, about 500 km (300 miles) north of
    Baghdad.

    Families said the victims were mostly migrant workers
    from the town of Sinjar, in northwestern Iraq, who were
    travelling north to look for work.

    They said the river crossing point was commonly used
    but was often overcrowded since no bridges span the river
    in that area.

    Iraq's Interior Ministry had no immediate information
    about the incident.


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