With bells and flowers, Hungary marks anniversary of Danube boat disaster

A sailor puts a wreath into the water during a ceremony to honour the victims on the 1st anniversary of the Mermaid boat accident near Margaret bridge, on the Danube river, in Budapest, Hungary, May 29, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - With the tolling of a bell and a wreath lowered into the water, Hungary marked the second anniversary on Saturday of a Budapest boat accident which killed 27 people, mostly South Korean tourists, in the worst river accident on the Danube in decades.

The 135-metre (443 ft) Swiss river cruiser Viking Sigyn hit a 27-metre (88 ft) tourist boat called Mermaid, causing it to capsize and sink under a bridge during heavy rain on the evening of May 29, 2019.