500 people were pulled to safety and seven bodies recovered after a heavily crowded boat overtued off the Libyan coast. Photo: Gabriel Buoys/AFP
AFP · 25 May 2016, 13:11
Published: 25 May 2016 13:11 GMT+02:00
At least seven migrants have drowned off the Libyan coast after the heavily overcrowded boat they were sailing on overtued, the Italian navy said on Wednesday.
The navy said 500 people had been pulled to safety and seven bodies recovered, but rescue operations were continuing and the death toll could rise.
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500 people were pulled to safety and seven bodies recovered after a heavily crowded boat overtued off the Libyan coast. Photo: Gabriel Buoys/AFP
Rescue operations are continuing and the death toll could rise.
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