Kod Libije potonuo brod prepun izbjeglica, poginulih je na stotine?

Migranti na brodu bili su iz Afrike, Pakistana, Sirije, Maroka i Bangladeša

In this video grab released by the Italian Coast Guards (Guardia Costiera) on August 23, 2015 migrants waiting on an overcrowded boat being helped during a rescue operation off the coast of Libya as part of the Frontex-coordinated Operation Triton. Italy's coastguard coordinated the rescue of 4,400 migrants from boats in the Mediterranean in a single day on August 22, 2015, officials said. Saturday's total was thought to be the highest for a single day in recent years as calm conditions encouraged people smugglers to leave Libya with boats stuffed with as many paying passengers on board as possible. The coastguard said it had received distress calls from a total of 22 vessels, either inflatable dinghies or wooden former fishing boats -- all of them dangerously overcrowded and many of them lacking basic safety equipment. AFP PHOTO / HO
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TRIPOLI – Brod prepun migranata potonuo je danas nedaleko od libijskog obalnog grada Zuware i dužnosnici strahuju da su možda poginule stotine ljudi.

Sigurnosni dužnosnik u Zuwari rekao je da je na brodu bilo nekoliko stotina ljudi, a neki su ostali u potpalublju kada se prevrnuo.

“Preživjelo je oko stotinu migranata”, rekao je, dodajući da je spasilačka akcija još u tijeku.

Migranti na brodu bili su iz subsaharske Afrike, Pakistana, Sirije, Maroka i Bangladeša.