Boats capsize
Shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia claims 27 lives
A shipwreck has occurred off the coast of Tunisia. According to the African country's authorities, the bodies of 27 migrants who had been trying to reach the Italian coast were found not far from the Kerkennah Islands.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen 83 people were rescued, according to the regional director of civil defense in the port and industrial city of Sfax. He pointed out that five of those rescued were taken to the Slim Hadri regional hospital.
National Guard and Civil Defense as rescuers
The rescue operation by units of the Tunisian National Guard and Civil Defense took place three nautical miles (around 5.5 kilometers) off the Kerkennah Islands.
A total of 110 migrants were on board two boats, one of which capsized and the other sank.
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