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At least 74 migrants killed in shipwreck off Libya
Updated On: 13 November, 2020 12:00 AM IST | | ANI
The ship was reported to be carrying over 120 people, including women and children, the IOM reported
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A video grab shows migrant survivors of a deadly shipwreck sitting on a sandy beach on the coast of al-Khums, a port city 120 kilometres (75 miles) west of the Libyan capital Tripoli, on November 12, 2020. According to the United Nations, 74 people died i
At least 74 people in a ship carrying at least 120 migrants trying to enter Europe died on Thursday when their vessel sank off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration IOM announced in a press release.
"Staff from the IOM reported that a devastating shipwreck has claimed the lives of at least 74 migrants [on Thursday] off the coast of Khums, Libya, the latest in a series of tragedies involving at least eight other shipwrecks in the Central Mediterranean since October 1," the release stated.
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