So far 111 bodies have been retrieved from the sea while dozens of people are still missing, says Mohammad al-Misrati
Workers for the Red Crescent place a dead migrant in an orange-and-black body bag, laid out on the waterfront in Zuwara, about 105 kilometers (65 miles) west of Tripoli, Libya. (Photo: AP)
Tripoli: Rescuers on Saturday have retrieved from the sea the bodies of 111 migrants whose boat sank off the coat of Libya, the Red Crescent said. A spokesman for the Libyan relief organisation said dozens are still missing after the tragedy. “So far 111 bodies have been retrieved from the sea while dozens of people are still missing,” the spokesman Mohammad al-Misrati said.
He said the boat carried 400 would-be migrants, and that 198 had been rescued. Misrati said 76 bodies had been retrieved after the boat sunk near the port of Zuwara.
( Source : AFP )
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