Lomé - seven boats capsized during a storm in the nation of Togo West Africa, at least 36 people dead, a police source said Monday, the authorities of seeking more victims.
"Up to 8: 00 pm last night, 36 bodies were recovered," said a source from Aneho police in the South of the country, near Lake Togo, where the accident took place Sunday afternoon.
"There were a total of seven boats, including one other main carrying the greatest number." The other six were small skiffs. ?
Reports on a spoke of privacy the same number of death radio station.
The victims were returning from a funeral in the village of Ekpui. They were from Togo-Kome, with Lake dividing the two villages, 40 kilometres (25 miles) East of the capital Lomé.
"We do know not how many people were aboard boats and research is continuing," the police source said, adding he y survivors, although he could not say how much.
Great Lake - technically a lagoon - is located near the coast of the country and the Gulf of Guinea, leading to the Atlantic Ocean.
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