700 feared dead on the Mediterranean sea.
packed 20-meter fishing boat capsized off
Libya today April 19th. Reports say the
migrants, whose boat was 70 miles (126 km)
off the Libyan coast and 110 miles (177 km)
south of the Italian island of Lampedusa,
issued a distress call to Italy's coastguard
who immediately instructed a nearby merchant
ship to go to its aid and it was when the
merchant ship arrived at the scene that the
fishing boat capsized, most likely as the
migrants tried to get its attention, stampeding
to one side of the boat.
UNHCR spokeswoman Carlotta Sami said
today's shipwreck appears to be the worst in
the Mediterranean
"It seems we are looking at the worst
massacre ever seen in the
Mediterranean,".
Meanwhile 28 people survived the incident
while 24 bodies have been recovered from the
water. 17 Coastal boats are currently combing
the Mediterranean to see if there are still
possible survivors.
..Africa seems to be going through hard times now :
Shipwrecks in the north
Boko Haram in the West
AL Shabab in the East
Xenophobia in the South.
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