Aƙalla mutane 20 sun rasa rayukansu bayan wani jirgin ruwa da ke ɗauke da ɗaliban da ke komawa gida bayan kammala jarabawarsu ya kife a Democratic Republic of the Congo, kamar yadda hukumomin yankin suka bayyana.
Jirgin ruwan na ɗauke da ɗalibai da sauran fasinjoji ne yayin da yake tsallaka wani kogi, kafin ya kife. Masu aikin ceto, mazauna yankin da jami'an agajin gaggawa sun fara aikin neman waɗanda abin ya shafa, inda aka samu nasarar ceto wasu fasinjoji. Hukumomi sun ce ana fargabar adadin waɗanda suka mutu zai iya ƙaruwa, saboda har yanzu akwai mutanen da ba a gano ba.
Jami'ai sun ce har yanzu ana binciken musabbabin hatsarin. Sai dai cunkoson fasinjoji, rashin ingantattun matakan tsaro da kuma yanayin rashin kyau na daga cikin abubuwan da ake yawan dangantawa da irin waɗannan hatsarori a ƙasar.
Wannan mummunan lamari ya sake jawo hankali kan matsalar tsaron sufurin ruwa a Jamhuriyar Dimokraɗiyyar Kongo, inda al'ummomi da dama ke dogaro da koguna wajen zirga-zirga saboda ƙarancin ingantattun hanyoyin mota.
Hukumomi sun jajanta wa iyalan waɗanda suka mutu, tare da alƙawarin ci gaba da aikin bincike da ceto domin gano sauran mutanen da suka ɓace da kuma gano musabbabin kifewar jirgin ruwan.