Liberia: Maritime Authority Investigates How Grounded Niko Ivanka Criminally Took to Sea

Monrovia — Over 16 persons are feared dead and 11 others rescued following the criminal lifting of a "detention order" placed on the sailing of the locally made and registered vessel NIKO IVANKA, which has sunk on the waters in Maryland County.

Among those rescued are about 10 men, one woman. Nine of them including seven crewmen are Liberians, one Chinese, and one Syrian. Six were rescued on Saturday, July 17, while the remaining was rescued on Sunday, July 18.

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