21 dead as cargo ship hits party boat north of Cairo

Fifteen people, including two children, have been killed after a cargo boat collided with a ferry on the Nile.

Egyptian police have arrested the captain of the boat and his deputy after the crash which occurred in the north of the capital Cairo.

Six passengers out of the 25 on board the ferry have been saved while a search still continues for another four missing people. 

Security and hospital sources disclosed that, there were many children on the boat.

NEWS 24