Eleven die when vessel capsizes off Kenya’s Lamu

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Eleven people drowned when a vessel they were travelling in capsized in violent waters in a Indian Ocean off Kenya, officials and witnesses pronounced on Monday. Ten of a passed were members of a same family and were streamer to a internal airfield to locate a moody to Mombasa on Sunday, Joseph Kanyiri, area supervision administrator, told Reuters.

The solitary survivor was Shekue Kahale, a internal politician who campaigned for choosing to council in final week’s election. His wife, 4 children and a sister with 3 children, were among those who died, Kahale told reporters.

“We think a vessel capsized due to sea turbulence,” Kanyiri said. Nine bodies had been recovered by midday on Monday and a hunt for a remaining bodies was ongoing, Kanyiri said.

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