Five Africans lost their lives after a boat carrying migrants sank off Tunisian coast. Navy units had rescued 73 migrants after the three boats sank, but survivors’ accounts indicated as many as 47 others were missing. Six of the missing were reported to be children.
At least five Africans were dead and dozens believed missing after three boats attempting to carry migrants across the Mediterranean Sea sank in recent days off the coast of the Tunisian city of Sfax, the Tunisian coast guard said Thursday.
Bodies of five people, including one child, were recovered in the area in recent days, Sfax Prosecutor Faouzi Masmoudi said.
Masmoudi told The Associated Press that navy units had rescued 73 migrants after the three shipwrecks, but survivors’ accounts indicated as many as 47 others were missing. Six of the missing were reported to be children.
Masmoudi said the boats were made of iron and took on water as soon as they reached the open sea.
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