UPDATE: Iraqi officials say the death toll from a ferry disaster in the Tigris River near Mosul has gone up to 94
Iraqi rescuers search for survivors over the site where an overloaded ferry sank in the Tigris river near Mosul in Iraq, March, 21,2019.
An Interior Ministry official said 94 people were killed in the accident, which residents said was the worst in recent memory. Falah al-Taii, director of Nineveh health department, said the number of victims that arrived at the forensic department and in the hospitals in Mosul is more than 60, the majority of them women and children.
Nowruz, or the Persian new year, dates back to 1700 BC and incorporates Zoroastrian traditions. It is celebrated across territories that once made up the ancient Persian empire, stretching from the Middle East to Central Asia.He said the ferry sank because of a technical problem, and that there weren't many boats in the area to rescue people.
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