Lompoul shipwreck: 39 bodies recorded, 23 identified and returned to families
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
The toll from the Lompoul shipwreck stands at 39 bodies recorded, 23 of them identified and returned to their families, according to the governor of the Louga region, Ndèye Nguenar Mbodj. The unidentified remains are being kept at the Kébémer health centre, the Louga regional hospital and the Sakal health centre, and the prosecutor's authorisation has been requested to bury those in advanced decomposition on site.
The toll from the Lompoul shipwreck in the Louga region of north-western Senegal stands at 39 bodies recorded, 23 of which have been identified and collected by their families, the regional governor, Ndèye Nguenar Mbodj, said on RFM.
The unidentified bodies are being kept at the Kébémer health centre, the Louga regional hospital and the Sakal health centre, according to the governor. State services, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, have made arrangements for handling the remains.
Faced with the region's lack of storage capacity, Ndèye Nguenar Mbodj reported that some remains are in an advanced state of decomposition. "We therefore asked the prosecutor for authorisation to bury them on site," she explained.
The new step comes the day after the announcement of a toll of 35 dead, against 21 dead in an initial count on 7 November. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye had mobilised the state after the disaster, which occurred off the Senegalese coast.
