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Seven perish in Hungary boat disaster

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At least seven people have died and nineteen reported missing after a boat capsized on the Danube river in Hungary’s capital Budapest.

Thirty-three people, mostly tourists from South Korea, were on board the boat when it was hit by another vessel.

The Danube river, a popular tourists attraction swelled due to heavy rainfall, causing the accident.

South Korea’s Foreign Ministry has confirmed that nineteen Koreans are missing, and the government is sending a team of officials to Hungary.

Rescue efforts continue into the early hours of today.

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