Italian coastguard finds bodies of migrants who drowned at sea
by Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo from World news | The Guardian on (#4SP51)
Boat carrying 50 people capsized off island of Lampedusa last week
Italian authorities have found the bodies of at least 12 people who drowned last week after a boat capsized in rough seas off the island of Lampedusa.
Photos released by the Italian coastguard showed some of the clothed bodies floating at a depth of about 60 metres (200ft). Among them was a woman who drowned while embracing her child of about eight months.
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