42 killed, dozens more feared dead in Egypt migrant boat tragedy - News Summed Up

42 killed, dozens more feared dead in Egypt migrant boat tragedy


WorldROSETTA, AFP -Dozens of migrants were feared dead Thursday after their overloaded fishing boat capsized off Egypt's Mediterranean coast, as authorities arrested four suspected traffickers following the tragedy that killed at least 42 people. “The death toll is going to rise,” a medical source told AFP. I swam for 10 kilometres.” - Four detained - ================= A municipal official in Rosetta told AFP that Wednesday's victims included one child, 10 women and 31 young men. More than 10,000 people have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean for Europe since 2014, according to the United Nations. An EU official told AFP this month that almost 300 smuggler boats had been put out of commission in the past year.


Source: Sunday Times September 22, 2016 14:06 UTC



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