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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
COTONOU, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — Twenty-seven people were killed and 16 others were missing after a bus plunged into a river in central Benin early on Aug. 17, local authorities said.
The director of Benin's National Civil Protection Agency, Abdel Aziz Bio Djibril, said on Monday evening that there were 52 people on the bus at the time of the tragedy.
The bus was raised to the surface on Monday afternoon and the bodies of 23 victims were found inside, he said.
The head of the department noted that during subsequent patrols conducted along the banks of the river, three more bodies were found, bringing the preliminary death toll to 27 people, including the body of one deceased person recovered on August 17.
Nine survivors have now been taken to hospitals, while 16 others remain missing. The search for the missing will continue for at least another 48 hours, he added. –0–
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