Nairobi: Three tourists were killed and one was reported missing when a boat carrying tourists capsized on Saturday in southeast Kenya, according to police. There were about 20 people saved.
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Unknown at the time of the capsizing was the cause. The boat capsized at the Watamu Marine National Park and Reserve, a popular tourist destination along the coast north of Mombasa, carrying 29 people, 15 of whom were foreigners.
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According to Solomon Odero, the deputy police commander for Malindi sub-county, 25 people were saved, some of whom were taken to the hospital and are now in stable condition. He disproved the theory that the boat was overloaded.
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The foreigners involved's nationalities weren't immediately made public.