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Sea tragedy near Lampedusa: corpses placed into a hangar of the airport

Lampedusa, Italy - Hunderds reported missing, tens of victims, but the death toll is provisional

A horrible tragedy occurred in the sea off the coast of Lampedusa: a boat on which, according to the first estimates, hundreds of migrants (maybe from Eritrea) were traveling sunk off the coast of the island in Strait of Sicily. "I asked the rescuers to describe me the situation, they answered that the sea is full of dead people", Lampedusa's Mayor Giusi Nicolini declared. The death toll is terrible,...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1155545
Rome, Italy, 10/03/2013 13:24
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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