More Than 100 African Migrants, Including Nigerians killed As Migrant Boat Ship Wreck Near Tunisia [Photos]

A very poorly constructed fishing boat carrying African migrants trying to smuggle into Italy and other nearby European countries to seek for a better life which their home countries failed to provide for them wrecked some miles away from Tunusia.

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The rickety fishing boat was the third of the night to head toward the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, overloaded with African migrants seeking a better life in Europe. Most never reached shore.


After the boat started taking on water, someone on board set a fire to get the attention of passing ships. The flames spread and panicked passengers surged to one side to avoid the fire. The vessel capsized, and hundreds of men, women and children who didn't know how to swim were flung into the Mediterranean Sea.

At least 114 people died and some 200 were still unaccounted for late Thursday, Italian officials said.


"We need only caskets, certainly not ambulances," said Pietro Bartolo, chief of Lampedusa health services.

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