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Libyans collect 105 bodies after migrant boat sinks
[ARABNEWS] Libya recovered 105 bodies after a boat packed with migrants sank in the Mediterranean Sea and said almost 100 more people were missing and feared dead.The vessel sank on Thursday after leaving Zuwara, a major launchpad for smugglers shipping migrants to Italia by exploiting a security vacuum in Libya where rival governments are fighting for control four years after the ousting of Muammar Qadaffy ...The late megalomaniac dictator of Libya, admired everywhere for his garish costumes, funny hats, harem of cutie bodyguards, and incoherent ravings. As far as is known, he is the only person who's ever declared jihad on Switzerland... Lacking navy ships, Libyan officials were searching for survivors with fishing boats and inflatables provided by locals. About 198 people had been rescued by noon, officials said. "The boat was in a bad condition and people died with us," said Ayman Talaal, a Syrian survivor, standing next to his daughter. "We have been forced into this route. It's now called the grave of the Mediterranean Sea." Local officials and residents were putting bodies into red bags on a beach littered with shoes, trousers and other personal items from drowned migrants. A blue inflatable brought in more bodies. "We, the Red Islamic Thingy, work with nothing. Some fishermen help us with a boat," said Ibrahim Al-Attoushi, an official at the Red Islamic Thingy in Zuwara. "We only have one ambulance car."
Posted by: Fred 2015-08-29 |
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