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43 MISSING AS BOAT CAPSIZES IN TUNISIA

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43 MISSING AS BOAT CAPSIZES IN TUNISIA

At least 43 people went missing in a boat mishap in southeastern coast of Tunisia after a boat carrying more than 120 migrants sank, the vessel had took off from Libya’s coast, the Tunisian Red Crescent said on Saturday.

“Eighty-four migrants were rescued and 43 others disappeared after a boat carrying 127 migrants sank off the coast of Zarzis on Friday night,” Mongi Slim of the Red Crescent told AFP.

The Tunisian navy rescued “84 illegal migrants of various nationalities” including from Bangladesh, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea and Sudan, the defence ministry said.

 

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