US EditionSpain arrests 19 on suspicion of torture and murder after 50 disappear from migrant boat
- On August 24, Spanish National Police detained 19 individuals suspected of involvement in murders and torture aboard a wooden migrant vessel that was located drifting off the coast of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands.
- The vessel departed from Senegal with approximately 300 individuals on board, and authorities are investigating the loss of more than 50 migrants during the 11-day voyage.
- Survivors reported that some migrants were abused, assaulted, and thrown overboard alive, often due to accusations of witchcraft amid harsh conditions like engine failures and food shortages.
- Authorities confirmed that 248 migrants were saved near the African coast, with one individual later dying in hospital, and officials released photographs of the arrests made during their formal investigations.
- The suspects remain in pretrial detention facing charges including homicide, torture, and facilitating irregular immigration, highlighting ongoing concerns over rising migrant crossings in the Canary Islands.
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Survivors, coming from Senegal and rescued off Gran Canaria, reported that people were thrown overboard, accused of "sorcery" and responsible for engine failures or food shortages.
'Massacre' on the high seas: 19 people arrested on suspicion of throwing 50 migrants overboard on journey from Senegal to Spain's Canary Islands
Police, who believe that those detained were the organisers of the perilous journey in the wooden boat that appeared adrift off Gran Canaria on 24 August, have charged them with homicide and a number of other offences
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The suspects are accused of murder and torture on board a ship of migrants from Senegal to the Canary Islands, where at least 50 people were reported missing on arrival in August.
Spanish police arrested 19 people accused of homicides and torture on a migrant boat connecting Senegal to the Canary Islands On Wednesday, the Spanish police announced that they had arrested 19 people.
Wooden ship with 248 people on board was salvaged south of Gran Canaria, and 50 migrants were reported missing.
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