US EditionAs death toll rises to 81, new accounts clash with official version of migrant disaster off Greece
- The confirmed death toll from the shipwreck off the coast of Greece has risen to 80, with the potential for it to increase as survivors have reported there were over 600 migrants on board the vessel, mainly from Pakistan, Egypt, and Syria. Search operations are still underway to find more survivors.
- Nine suspected human traffickers that were allegedly captaining the boat have been granted 24 hours to prepare their testimony over the accusations that they are responsible for the incident. 14 people in Pakistan have also been arrested on suspicion of alleged trafficking.
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New accounts clash with official version of migrant disaster off Greece
The number of confirmed victims from one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean rose to 81 Monday after three more bodies were found off southern Greece, as more survivors claimed that the battered trawler had been under tow by another vessel just before it sank with hundreds of people aboard.
The confirmed death toll from the sinking of the fishing boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy rose to 81 after three more bodies were found.
As death toll rises to 81, new accounts clash with official version of migrant disaster off Greece
The number of confirmed victims from one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean rose to 81 Monday after three more bodies were found off southern Greece, as more survivors claimed that the battered trawler had been under tow by another vessel just before it sank with hundreds of people aboard.
As death toll rises to 81, new accounts clash with official version of migrant disaster off Greece
The number of confirmed victims from one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean rose to 81 Monday after three more bodies were found off southern Greece, as more survivors claimed that the battered trawler had been under tow by another vessel just before it sank with hundreds of people aboard. The new accounts raised further questions about the Greek coast guard's response from the moment it located the ship until it went down. Off…
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