Most of the casualties on the ferry were women and children who could not swim, said the head of Mosul's Civil Defence Authority Husam Khalil. Five ferry workers were arrested after late on Thursday, security sources said. Rescue workers were still looking for missing passengers. Iraqi rescuers search for survivors over the site where an overloaded ferry sank in the Tigris river near Mosul in Iraq, March, 21, 2019. General view of the scene where an overloaded ferry sank in the Tigris river near Mosul in Iraq, March, 21, 2019.

Source: bd News24 March 21, 2019 17:26 UTC