Boat capsizes in Zanzibar, 11 children killed
Posted on: Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 10:29 CST
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Eleven school children drowned in Zanzibar on Wednesday when a huge wave capsized the boat they were playing in, police said.
A police official on the Indian Ocean islands said the children had gone to play at a beach near their primary school on the outskirts of Zanzibar town when disaster struck.
Zanzibar Education Minister Harrun Ali Suleiman said it was a sad day for the semi-autonomous islands off mainland Tanzania and emphasized the need to boost safety.
"I am in consultation with the president to declare it a national disaster," he told Reuters.
The ages of the children were not immediately available.
Zanzibar, a tourist haven of one million people, forged a union with Tanganyika in 1964 to create Tanzania while retaining its own parliament and president.
Source: REUTERS
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