Three babies dead, 100 missing in shipwreck off Libya: survivors

A rubber boat with migrants is seen some 24 nm off Libya coast on May 12, 2018.
The 74 migrants of various nationalities, including women and children were rescued by MV Aquarius , a rescue vessel chartered by SOS-Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF). / AFP PHOTO 

AL- HMIDIYA (AFP) — The bodies of three babies were recovered and around 100 people were missing after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Libya on Friday, survivors and the coastguard said.

About 120 migrants were aboard the inflatable dinghy at the time, survivors brought ashore in Al-Hmidiya east of the capital Tripoli told AFP.

Sixteen people were rescued.

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