Boat capsizes in Egypt's Nile, 4 Pakistanis drown

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CAIRO: Egypt's state news agency says four Pakistani nationals died after their boat capsized in the Nile River.

MENA quoted the marine police chief as saying that the boat sank after it struck the Six of October bridge in Cairo.

Brig. Gen. Hamed el-Aqaeli says six other people survived the incident.

He said one of the four bodies has been recovered while a search is underway for the other three.

In January, at least 15 people drowned when their ferryboat sank on New Year's Eve in the Nile Delta province of Kafr el-Sheikh. Six months earlier, a passenger boat hit a scow, causing the boat to capsize and drowning 35 people.

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Anwar Saeed, St. Louis, Missouri. USA

Jul 07, 2016 02:13am

I do not know why the boat owner does not provide life vest/jacket to all passengers, because many do not know how to swim.

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Sammy

Jul 07, 2016 02:46am

I wonder what these Pakistani were doing in Egypt? May be a new route to Germany?

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Zak

Jul 07, 2016 03:02am

Our prayers for the departed. But everyone should know, taking Egyptian ventures is asking for it.

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ghumman saqib

Jul 07, 2016 03:25am

RIP. Sad news . Educated young peoples are helpless and do not see any other option then to leave ghe country by any means and taking significant risk.

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Kashmiri Nationalist

Jul 07, 2016 05:04am

Horrible thing to happen especially on holy day. God bless the departed souls :(

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ibm

Jul 07, 2016 06:33am

@Zak How can one tell they were Pakistani? Zak? You can tell? What were they upto in Egypt? Zak will tell us!

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Basit Ali

Jul 07, 2016 07:53am

@Zak Prayers for the departed, but I am sorry why are you blaming the Egyptians they are also our all weather friends

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danny

Jul 07, 2016 08:07am

After a boat capsized in Kerala, the Govt made life jackets mandatory for all passangers. why do they do the same. at least all tourists should ask for availability of life jackets on the boats

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Marilyn

Jul 07, 2016 08:30am

@ghumman saqib ur sa is dif than theirs. lol

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Kamal2

Jul 07, 2016 08:53am

@Kamal SOS

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art changes everything

Jul 07, 2016 09:16am

Water in rivers may look beautiful and peaceful but they are actually silent killers!

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MohDas

Jul 08, 2016 12:16am

@danny That law is only in the books. I recently saw in Kerala ,boats overloaded with school children with no life jacket in sight. Making law is easy, implementation is hard!

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