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Indonesia ferry sinking: two dead, 180 missing

Only 18 people were rescued from the sinking ferry.

Published: 20th June 2018 10:23 AM  |   Last Updated: 20th June 2018 12:27 PM   |  A+A A-

Rescue teams on a lookout for survivors. | AP

By PTI

JAKARTA: Two persons were found dead and over 180 are still missing after a ferry capsized at a popular lake on Sumatra, the officials said.

The boat didn't have a passenger manifest and disaster officials have several times raised the number of people it was carrying as distraught relatives who rushed to Lake Toba in northern Sumatra provided information. Yesterday, officials said 94 people were missing and expected the number to rise.

Only 18 people were rescued and one death confirmed in the immediate response to the tragedy on Monday evening.

An Associated Press reporter on Wednesday morning saw rescuers transferring a body to an ambulance onshore. Grief-stricken relatives urged officials to speed up the search effort.

 

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