Nairobi: A passenger ferry has capsized on east Africa`s Lake Victoria, the Kenyan Red Cross said Wednesday.
A spokesman said the boat, which was travelling in Kenya`s part of the vast inland lake, struck a fishing boat in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The Red Cross gave no immediate reports of casualties but said they had sent a response team.
Kenya`s Daily Nation newspaper quoted fisherman as saying nine people had died, while police said they had reports of two dead.
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