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2 Dragon Boats Capsize Killing 17 in China
- Updated: April 23, 2018
In Beijing, 17 people were killed when dual dragon boats capsized in Southern China on Sunday, Apr 22, 2018.
On Saturday, a boats were practicing for a competition in a Taotua River. The occurrence occurred in a city of Guilin. According to a city glow department.
It is not transparent what caused a dragon boats to capsize.
The glow dialect pronounced on a amicable media site, Sina Weibo, that a hunt bid finished late Saturday. A sum of 60 people had depressed into a H2O and 17 people had been reliable dead.
Xinhua News, a central news agency, reported that 8 boats and some-more than 200 people were deployed for a rescue effort. Two organizers from Dunmu were detained.
China has been stepping adult a reserve surrounding a national dragon vessel races during a Duanwu Festival. The festival is distinguished nearby a summer solstice and commemorates a genocide of producer and minister, Qu Yuan, from a third century B.C.
Written by Jeanette Smith
Source:
CTV News: 17 killed as 2 dragon boats upset in southern China
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