More than 900 migrants are feared dead after an overcrowded boat capsized off the coast of Libya Sunday. It’s said to be the worst maritime disaster in the Mediterranean sea according to European immigration authorities.
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- Italy’s coast guard said only 28 people survived the wreck and 24 bodies were recovered from the waters around the accident site, about 60 miles (about 96 km) off the Libyan coast.
- A survivor’s testimonies suggested there were about 950 people, far more than the initially estimated 700, on board the 20-meter fishing boat according to an Italian court official.
- The victims include at least 200 women and some 50 children.
Sources include Reuters and the Associated Press.
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