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July 29th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda In a message to Zanzibar’s President Ali Mohammed Shin on Sunday, Rahimi conveyed the Islamic Republic’s condolences to the Zanzibari government and nation.
The fatalities were caused after the Tanzanian MV Skagit/Kalama ferry, with 290 people on board, sank off the coast of the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar in East Africa on July 18. It was en route from the city of Dar es Salaam in mainland Tanzania to Zanzibar when it capsized near Chumbe Island.
Authorities in Zanzibar said on July 22 that 145 people were killed in the ferry disaster in the Indian Ocean, one day after a rescue operation was called off.
“We have recovered five more bodies today, bringing the total number of bodies found so far to 73. The ferry had 290 people onboard and 145 were rescued, which means that 72 people are still unaccounted for,” Mohammed Mhina, a spokesman for Zanzibari police, said.
Meanwhile, the High Court of Zanzibar charged three people, including the ship’s owner and captain, with manslaughter in connection with last week’s incident.
Owner Saidi Abdulrahman Juma, 46, captain Mussa Makame Mussa, 49, and company manager Omar Hassan Mkoje, 50, were indicted on Wednesday. They were released on bail and are expected to attend a hearing due on Augusts 7.
On Monday, Zanzibar’s minister for marine transportation, Hamad Masoud Hamad, resigned from his post over the tragedy.
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