Four killed in boat accident off Libya

Libya's Red Crescent said it took part in a major rescue operation after two boats carrying close to 100 irregular migrants capsized off the country's coast, leaving four dead. The four dead were among 26 Bangladeshis travelling aboa

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Published 17 November 2025, 8:00 · Updated 18:14

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AFP | Tripoli

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Libya’s Red Crescent said it took part in a major rescue operation after two boats carrying close to 100 irregular migrants capsized off the country’s coast, leaving four dead.

The four dead were among 26 Bangladeshis travelling aboard one vessel, the organisation said.

The second boat was carrying 69 migrants, two of them Egyptian and the rest Sudanese, eight of whom were children, the Red Crescent said, reporting no deaths among them.

Four killed in boat accident off Libya

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