Overview

• Authorities said at least 69 people died, raising an earlier toll of 49 reported this week.
• Seventeen people were rescued by a coastguard patrol, and around 100 others remain unaccounted for as searches continue.
• The vessel departed Gambia about a week earlier carrying roughly 160 people, including Senegalese and Gambian nationals.
• Officials reported the boat overturned off Mheijrat after passengers moved to one side on seeing lights near the coast.
• Recovered bodies have been buried, and reports differ on whether the capsize occurred Tuesday morning or late that night.