Egyptian coast guard and rescue workers bring ashore bodies recovered from a Europe-bound boat that capsized off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, in Rosetta, Egypt, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. (Eman Helal/Associated Press)ROSETTA, Egypt — The bodies of 162 people had been pulled from the waters off the Egyptian coast by Friday, two days after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized in the Mediterranean while attempting to head to Europe. Many of them are believed to be children and women who were unable to swim away when the boat sank. The boat was located nearly 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) from the Nile Delta port city of Rosetta when it sank. “Today, four bodies, including two Egyptian children, were found 20 kilometers to the east,” he told the AP.

Source: Washington Post September 23, 2016 10:23 UTC