The two main suspects in the shipwreck that killed 34 people in Madagascar have been arrested. The two alleged smugglers have been actively sought for a month for "illicit boarding and clandestine transport, manslaughter of passengers to Mayotte" Their trial is expected to begin this week at the Court of First Instance in the capital of the Diana region.

The owner of the boat and the captain who piloted the boat on the evening of the tragedy were geolocated in the rural commune of Tsarabaria.