Navy recovers 10 more bodies off Libyan coast

The Navy recovered 10 more bodies on Wednesday evening, who were victims of a boat that sank while transporting 40 illegal immigrants off the coast of Libya on Sunday evening.

“The bodies were completely decomposed,” said Health Ministry Undersecretary Mahmoud Zahran. “Only three bodies were identified from the ID cards that were found.”

The bodies were sent to the morgue of the Barrany Central Hospital. The morgue at Salloum Hospital.

Seventeen bodies have been recovered from the accident site so far.

Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

Thursday 30 August 2012

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