AP, Cairo :
Search parties retrieved four more bodies from the Nile River from a boat collision earlier this week, bringing the death toll to 35 people killed, Egypt’s Health Ministry said.
Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar told The Associated Press that the search efforts continued Saturday.
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi said he ordered a sum of 60,000 Egyptian pounds (around $7,600) to be paid to each family of the deceased and called for measures to be taken to prevent future collisions. Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has formed a committee to review legislation related to Nile River management.
Egypt also replaced the head of the River Transport Authority in response to the collision, state media reported Saturday.
Search parties retrieved four more bodies from the Nile River from a boat collision earlier this week, bringing the death toll to 35 people killed, Egypt’s Health Ministry said.
Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar told The Associated Press that the search efforts continued Saturday.
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi said he ordered a sum of 60,000 Egyptian pounds (around $7,600) to be paid to each family of the deceased and called for measures to be taken to prevent future collisions. Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has formed a committee to review legislation related to Nile River management.
Egypt also replaced the head of the River Transport Authority in response to the collision, state media reported Saturday.
