Gabonese officials increased his temporary balance to 21 fatal victims after the ship sank On the coast last week, rescue services removed 15 new bodies from the wrecked ship, adding to the six deaths reported in previous figures, the AGP news agency reported.
According to the data provided by the African country, 16 people are still missing, 124 people were rescued alive.
Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba declared three days of national mourning this Monday “to accompany all families struck with thought and prayer”, ‘L’Union reported. Following this, government spokesman Yves Fernand Manfoumbi announced that the ship’s responsible company has suspended its operations as a precaution, as the condition of the shipping company’s ships has been reported on previous occasions.
Esther Miracle, a mixed passenger and cargo ship operated by Royal Cost Marine that connects Gabon’s capital, Libreville, with the country’s second-largest city, Port-Gentil, sank overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, according to the agency.