Infant among eight killed in Liberia canoe tragedy

At least eight people, including a mother and her two-month-old baby, died after a canoe capsized in a river in Liberia’s north-eastern Nimba county over the weekend.

Seven of the bodies were retrieved from the Yarr River and hastily buried near the river, local authorities told the BBC.

Rescue workers on Monday said they were not hopeful of recovering the infant’s body.

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