Quelle: The Libya Observer

Nine Tunisian immigrants drowned, others missing as boat capsized off Sabratha shores

A boat carrying 28 Tunisian immigrants capsized off Sabratha shores on Saturday. 12 of the migrants were rescued, 9 drowned bodies were picked out of sea water, while seven others are still missing, Tunisian law activists reported.

Most of the Tunisian migrants were from Ben Gardane district on the border with Libya, they set off from the south of Tunisia heading toward Libya, then they rented a boat to make the perilous journey to Europe, the activists added.

The boat took off for the journey at about 10.pm from Sabratha beach, but it drowned at about midnight, local Tunisian sources indicated, adding that the bodies of the nine drowned immigrants were identified and sent to Sabratha Hospital before they get transferred to Tunisia.

Search is under way for the missing persons, who have probably gone astray in the Libyan waters, while some of the rescued ones managed to return home, the sourced explained.

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siehe auch: ANSA

Migranti:affonda barca con tunisini in acque Libia, 9 morti

TUNISI, 02 LUG – Naufragio di un barca di fortuna con a bordo 28 giovani tunisini nel tentativo di raggiungere illegalmente le coste italiane. Il fatto sarebbe avvenuto nella giornata odierna al largo delle coste libiche. Lo ha rivelato l’attivista locale Mustapha Abdelkebir, specificando che le persone portate in salvo in un centro per l’emigrazione di Sabratha in Libia sono 12, le altre sono tuttora disperse, anche se i media locali parlano di almeno 9 vittime originarie della città tunisina di Ben Guerdane.