Twelve children and teenagers drown in Ivory Coast Boat: Minister

Abidjan: A boat overturned during a church for Easter on a lagoon near Abidadan city of Ivory Coast, killing 12 children and teenagers, a government minister told AFP on Tuesday.
Sports Minister Edz Silas Metch said, “Twelve bodies have been recovered and they are being taken to the morgue.”
The bodies are “children and adolescents”, he said that there was a young man who was not from the church, but the boat joined the crossing.
“Four people were rescued,” he said. The youth of Tiaha village went to another village to participate in the “Galilel” incident to mark the revival of Jesus Christ.
The outing was organized by a Methodist Church in Tia, the economic capital, Abidadan, Gerard Gabato, Deputy Chief of Dabau Police District, about 60 kilometers (40 mi) from Abidadan, told AFP.
“It was on the way that the tragedy occurred. The engine of the canoe stopped at a point, the canoe overturned,” he said. It is possible that the boat was overloaded, he said. The police have opened an investigation. GBATO stated that such dugout cano with an engine was usually used by the local community.
Lagoon winds between the districts of Abidadan and the towns around the metropolis around the metropolis of more than six million inhabitants.