Moscow - Russian rescuers on Monday recovered the bodies of 41 people, including three children, from the site of a Volga River boat accident that left more than 100 people missing and presumed dead.
“We have raised 41 bodies. There are 28 women, 10 men and the rest are children,” an emergencies ministry official in the central Russian republic of Tatarstan where the accident occurred Sunday told the Interfax news agency.
Rescuers had confirmed finding one body on Sunday, taking the confirmed toll to 42 people.
Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Monday that 208 people were on board the 56-year-old Bulgaria boat when it sank.
Officials have confirmed saving at least 79 people. - Sapa-AFP