More than 110 migrants die in Mediterranean in three days
by Lorenzo Tondo from on (#5A9YC)
Bodies of 74 people wash up on beach in western Libya as baby boy dies on rescue boat
Four shipwrecks in the space of three days have claimed the lives of more than 110 people in the Mediterranean, including at least 70 people whose bodies have washed up on the beach of al-Khums, in western Libya.
According to the UN migration agency (IOM), that boat was reported to be carrying more than 120 people, including women and children. Forty-seven survivors had been brought to shore by the coastguard and fishermen, while the bodies of at least 74 people were floating near the water's edge on Thursday.
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