The death toll in the sunken Macedonian ship in Ohrid lake has reportedly risen up to 22. Photo by Ohrid News
Rescue teams have pulled out another five bodies, taking the death toll in the sunken Macedonian ship in Ohrid lake up to 22, according to local media reports.
The reports said the first seventeen bodies recovered by the rescue teams have already been taken to the local hospital.
Seventeen Bulgarian tourists, who were sailing aboard the Ilinden ship, have probably died after it sank in the Ohrid lake some 200 meters off the coast, a Bulgarian minister announced.
According to information that Bozhidar Dimitrov, Bulgarian minister without portfolio in charge of Bulgarians abroad, has rescue teams have pulled out fourteen bodies so far, while another four people have been declared missing.
There was a group of fifty-fifty-three Bulgarians aboard the ship, who were on their way to the Saint Naum monastery.
Ilinden ship was sailing some 200 off the coast, when for still unknown reasons it sank.
A spokesman for Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry said official information about the tragedy can be expected Saturday evening or on Sunday.