Boat heading to Canary Islands capsizes, killing at least 49 passengers

At least 49 people have died and around another 100 are missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania, coastguards in the north-west African country have said. Seventeen people have been rescued and a search is continuing for other passengers aboard the dugout canoe that was heading towards Spain’s Canary Islands. According to […] The post Boat heading to Canary Islands capsizes, killing at least 49 passengers appeared first on Metro TV Online .