Dozens missing after boat sinks off Libya
China Daily | Updated: 2017-04-15 07:30
TRIPOLI - At least 97 migrants were missing on Thursday after their boat sank off the coast of Libya, a navy spokesman said.
According to survivors, the missing include 15 women and five children, said General Ayoub Qassem.
He said the Libyan coast guard had rescued a further 23 migrants of various African nationalities just under 10 kilometers off the coast of Tripoli.
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