Libya’s coast guard fired upon rescue vessel searching for boat in distress | Migration News

Before this attack, the Ocean Viking had rescued 87 people, including from war-torn Sudan, and was en route to Italy.

A humanitarian group has said that Libya’s coast guard fired upon its vessel as it searched for a refugee and migrant boat in distress in the Mediterranean Sea.

On Monday, the nonprofit SOS Mediterranee said the confrontation occurred a day earlier, about 40 nautical miles (74km) north of the Libyan coast, and released details and images of the incident. No casualties have…

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News Source: www.aljazeera.com

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