Kébémer sinking: four bodies found, death toll rises to 43
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
Four more bodies were found on Wednesday after a migrant boat sank off Kébémer, Senegal, bringing the death toll to 43 since searches began. The bodies discovered at Tébène 2, in Thiéppe commune, had already raised the toll to 39 on Monday, according to Exclusif.net, cited by Senego.
Four more bodies were discovered on Wednesday at Tébène 2, in Thiéppe commune, after a boat carrying people seeking to emigrate clandestinely left Saint-Louis. The death toll from the sinking off Kébémer has now reached 43, Senego reports, citing Exclusif.net.
The bodies found at Tébène 2 belonged to the same boat as the bodies discovered at Lompoul. The death toll had risen to 21 on Saturday, 34 on Sunday and 39 on Monday, while searches and identification operations continue, according to Senego.
The new discovery comes after the death toll rose to 42 on 11 November in the Lompoul sinking in Senegal.
