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| 3 held in Libya over migrant shipwreck that killed 200 | |
| 2015-08-30 | |
| Three suspects were arrested in Libya on Saturday over possible involvement in recent migrant crises that nearly killed 200 people, the authorities said. A statement from Tripoli's Special Intervention Squad said an organised crime group of three members have been arrested. The group was involved in human trafficking and managed many migrant boats to Europe through the Mediterranean, Xinhua reported. The three suspects are detained in Zuwarah for investigation for now. Nearly 200 illegal immigrants are feared dead on Thursday off Libya's Zuwarah coast when a boat overcrowded with 400 people sank on its way to Europe. Eighty-two bodies have washed ashore, while almost 100 people are still missing, a Libyan coast guard said, adding that the immigrants on board are from Southern Sahara, Pakistan, Morocco, Syria, and Bangladesh.
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| Posted by:Steve White |