At least 61 migrants including women, children drown after shipwreck off Libya

17/12/2023
Reuters

The boat was carrying around 86 people including women and children. Photo credit: Getty Images

Sixty-one migrants, including women and children, drowned following a "tragic" shipwreck off Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya said on social media platform X on Saturday.

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The organization quoted survivors as saying the boat, carrying around 86 people, departed the Libyan city of Zwara.

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