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Shipwreck in Tunisia, 39 bodies found

6/11/2020, 3:11:07 PM


The shipwreck, which occurred the day before yesterday off the coast of Tunisia, is a new tragedy of the sea: so far the Tunisian Navy has recovered 39 bodies including many children and women, one of whom pregnant. (HANDLE)

(ANSA) - TUNIS, JUNE 11 - It is a new tragedy of the sea after the shipwreck, which took place the day before yesterday off the coast of Tunisia: Tunisian navy has recovered 39 bodies including many children and women including one pregnant. This was announced by the regional director of civil protection, Mourad Mechri, specifying that searches continue with the discovery of new corpses hour by hour. The boat with 53 migrants, mostly sub-Saharan, was wrecked last Monday in the stretch of sea between El Louza (Jebeniana) and Kraten off the Kerkennah islands.