Over 100 dead, 200 missing as migrant boat sinks off Italy

Posted by admin / October 3, 2013

By way of Wladimir Pantaleone PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) – Greater than 100 people drowned and over 200 had been unaccounted for after a ship packed with African migrants caught hearth and sank off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Thursday. The catastrophe befell when the boat’s motor stopped working and the vessel started to tackle water, Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano stated. People on board burned a sheet to draw the eye of rescuers, starting a fire on board. …

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