The death toll from a shipwreck in the Moma area of Nampula in northern Mozambique has risen to seven, and authorities admit they called off the search on Sunday, an official source told Luce this Friday.
“Our sample of missing people was seven people, and they were all found dead,” said Abakar Chande, administrator of the Moma district.
The person in charge also said that the searches will continue until at least Sunday, although there are suspicions that there were 28 people on the ship, 21 were found alive and seven dead.
“Only a sailor can confirm the actual number of people. [um dos sobreviventes]but he is in an uncertain situation,” Abakar Chande said.
The ship, owned by Haiyu Mining, a Chinese company that explores heavy sands in the region, sank around 6:00 am local time (5:00 am in Lisbon) on Monday. More than 20 people were on board, mostly company employees, the agency said. District administrator from Moma.
So far, overcrowding and bad weather in the region have been cited as possible causes of the flooding.
The Chinese company Haiyu has been exploring heavy sands in Nampul since 2011, from which it extracts minerals such as ilmenite, titanium and zircon.
In 2018, the company was the subject of a report by Amnesty International that denounced violations of Mozambican and international laws, pointing out that Chinese operations in Nampula “changed the area’s topography” and in 2015 rain washed away 48 houses, displacing 290 people.
Several Mozambican civil society organizations demanded the suspension of the Chinese company.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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