Monday, 20 April 2015

Horror: Europe-bound ship capsized – leaving up to 900 dead

on 11:21:00 0 Comment
Grim task: Italian coastguard personnel in protective clothing carry the body of a dead immigrant off their ship Bruno Gregoretti in Valletta's Grand Harbour in Malta after a smuggler vessel capsized in the Mediterranean

Hundreds of terrified migrants including women and children drowned 'like rats in a cage' on a smuggler boat because they were locked in the hold when it capsized, a survivor revealed today. More than 900 people are feared dead after the fishing boat overturned in the Mediterranean on Sunday in one of the worst maritime disasters since the end of World War Two. A Italian coast guard ship today brought the bodies of 24 victims to Malta for burial before heading to Sicily with only 28 survivors who were plucked from the sea after the disaster off the coast of Libya. See more image of survivor....

The lucky few: Some of the 24 survivors of the disaster sit on the deck of the Italian Coast Guard vessel Bruno Gregoretti at Boiler Wharf, Senglea in Malta, before being taken to Sicily

Relief and despair: Rescuers recovered 24 bodies from the sea following the disaster, which took place off Libyan waters, south of the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, shortly after midnight on Sunday

SHARE THIS
Aralcut Photo Studios

Author:

Editor at AS-Media. He is a Photographer, Blogger and Videographer. He enjoys travelling and you can not separate him from Music and Movies. He has passion for Brands managements/Web management. Reach him via email: babatunde-ojedokun@live.com, (+234) 08185100100 (SMS Only) Instagram @babatunde.ojedokun.

0 comments:

Photos

Photos