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35 migrants feared drowned off Libya: coastguard

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Thirty-five migrants, including seven children, were feared drowned after their inflatable craft sank today off the Libyan coast, the coastguard said.

Eighty-five migrants, including 18 women, were rescued with the help of fishermen who alerted the coastguard, said Issa al-Zarrouk, a coastguard official in Garabulli, 60 kilometres (40 miles) east of Tripoli.

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First Published: Jul 08 2017 | 5:57 PM IST

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