The gruesome discovery Sunday of the bodies of more than two dozen migrant women in the Mediterranean Sea has left Italian officials wondering whether the women were purposely killed, and why all who died were female. Since the collapse of Moammar Gadhafi’s regime, the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean from Libya has soared. Twenty-three of the women were discovered near a rubber dinghy that officials believe sank on Friday, according to AFP. The cause of death appears to be by drowningThe Spanish ship managed Sunday to rescue 90 women and 52 minors, including a newborn, officials told CNN. “They were on a dinghy that was also carrying men,” he told Italian reporters who asked whether the women were on a sex-trafficking boat.

Source: National Post November 07, 2017 17:37 UTC