According to Joaquim Domingos, spokesman for the Civil Protection and Fire Department of Kwanza Norte, the forces continue to conduct searches to find the bodies missing since Monday.
Of the five peasants who were trying to cross from one bank of the Lucala River to another, a woman died, with her daughter on her back, and the crew member of the canoe, 56, whose body has already been found.
"The divers did everything they could to find the other two, but unfortunately it was also late, due to the complexity of the river itself," he said in a statement to the Angolan Public Television, ensuring that the search will continue this Thursday.
