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170 bodies of migrants found off Libya coast – AFP

Libyan rescuers have recovered the bodies of around 170 people after a boat carrying illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa sank at sea last week, a Coast Guard official said on Monday. “We freed about 100 bodies

Libyan rescuers have recovered the bodies of around 170 people after a boat carrying illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa sank at sea last week, a Coast Guard official said on Monday.

“We freed about 100 bodies trapped in the hold of the 16-metre wooden boat which foundered not far from the coast,” Abdellatif Mohammed Ibrahim said. Another 70 bodies were washed up by the tide, including five young children, he said. “It looks like the boat overturned suddenly, leaving the passengers no chance,” he said as Red Cross rescuers pulled bodies from the water. Mr Ibrahim said no leaks were found in the hull of the vessel, shipwrecked off the coast of Guarabouli district, 60 kilometres east of Tripoli.

In the absence of documentation, the rescue workers have been unable to make a list of victims or establish their nationalities. But the few papers recovered showed the victims included migrants from Ethiopia and Eritrea. Libya, mired in unrest and political chaos, has been a launchpad for illegal migrants seeking a better life in Europe, but who turn to people smugglers to cross the Mediterranean.

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  • FikrnSelamn August 27, 2014

    Atum sebat bejakum nmahlel kuluna, bnay seb aemron kelet`n zftah aykonen shgrna, tmkhti yaklena. Egziabher gn mekerana kemzeynebere kgebro nsu ykeel eyu.

    • THE COWARD HERO August 27, 2014

      FikrnSelamn ,
      While I am for Mihlela ,the good book says ,…”MY PEOPLE ARE PERISHING FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE”
      Please for the3 sake of the knew generation..SMELL THE BANDIT COFFEE, smell the reality.
      I do not care whatheir f****ing intentions were the Tegadelti bandits were the ones that brought this upon the Young Eritreans.
      How long are we to praise the murderer cowards ,whilke the reality says the opposite. I know my brother died with ShaIIbiya & many relatives too ,I am not going to kill young people in order to praise my brothers & relatives.
      PLEASE FACE REALITY ,ISAIAS IS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM !!! ISAIAS THE WISE MAN FOUGFHT TO RULE ALL ETHIOPIA ,not THGE GOAT FOREHEAD’s SIZE ERITREA. STILL HE IS TRYING,WEYANE /EP^RDF ARE NOT ISAIAS’S ENEMY ,JUST COPMPETETERS ,WE ARE USEÑESS CONDOMS,I WILL REPEAT THIS UNTIL IT REGISTERS ,BECAUSE IT IS THE TRUTH ,ALTHOUGH CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

  • Michael Mebrahtu August 27, 2014

    All this is because of one man a despicable dictator and the unlimited military service which makes the Eritrean youth to take this risk and as long as Isayas is in power Eritrean will continue to die and to suffer. So the solution is to remove isayas by any means possible. hade kebats tesaenu ab ertra riesi temen zichifliq. Death to Isayas and god bless those who died and their families; Freedom, Peace and Justice to the eritran people.

  • FikrnSelamn August 27, 2014

    “Rivers Of Babylon”

    By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
    ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.

    By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
    ye-eah we wept, when we remembered Zion.

    When the wicked
    Carried us away in captivity
    Required from us a song
    Now how shall we sing the lord’s song in a strange land

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYK9iCRb7S4

  • MohammedKeren August 27, 2014

    stupid amanuel. you try to deceive us. this is an old picture of bodies of ethiopians and other africans. why you post it as if it is of eritrean? eritreans are busy working at home to build their nation. they have no reason to die cheap. if need be for fatwa, then it should be upon amanuel eyasu, the liar.

  • ERITRAWIT August 27, 2014

    Abet anta amlak gele ba hagzena abet mat kuburat yehwat amlak ykebelekum.
    bedeltey nezey hzbey ka nay edkum aytsanew.

  • Danny August 27, 2014

    Psalm 18:16-19New International Version (NIV)

    16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
    he drew me out of deep waters.
    17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
    from my foes, who were too strong for me.
    18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
    but the Lord was my support.
    19 He brought me out into a spacious place;
    he rescued me because he delighted in me.
    My God give them eternal life.
    Brotheres and sister it is time to for all Eritreans to UNIT and say NO MORE!!!

  • wolde August 27, 2014

    Officially now, we Eritreans are dead as individuals and as nation. Hizbawi minkisikas niharinet made clear the solution to live as freed dignified, and respected people. if we are thinking every body of us getting selfish, tebeletsti, smarter than each other, and our solution is being immigrants. So this tragedy will continue and will die in vain. Please, please my people lets stand up for our right

  • FikrnSelamn August 27, 2014

    This is exactly what is happening our tormentors, those that drove us away form our mother land want us to sing and dance in their guaylas and festivals while our brothers and sisters are perishing in land and sea all over Africa, Middle East and Mediterranean.

    By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept
    when we remembered Zion.
    There on the poplars
    we hung our harps,
    for there our captors asked us for songs,
    our tormentors demanded songs of joy;
    they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

    How can we sing the songs of the Lord
    while in a foreign land?

  • Hazhaz August 27, 2014

    ኣንቲ ኤርትራ እንታይ መዓቱ እዩ ወሪዱና፧
    ከማና፣ ኣብዚ እዋን፣ ከም ኤርትራውያን እብዛ ዓለም እተዋረደን ዝሓሰረን ሰብ ኣሎዶ ፧

    እዚ ኹሉ ሰብ ብሽም ገድሊ፣ ኣብ ውሽጢ ሓምሳ ዓመት ዝሃለቐ፣ ንብረትና ዝዓነወ፣ መንነትና ዝሓረረ፣ ብኸነንቱ ግዜን ዕድመን ዝበለየ ነዚ ድዩ ፧

    እወ ብቐደሙ እንድየ፣ ጅምር ክትብል ተዘንጊዔ። ሕጂ ግና ኣብ ኤርትራ፣ ኣብ ሃገራት ዓረብ፣ ኣብ ማእከላይ ባሕሪ ” ኡይ! ኡይይይ !” ኢለ እንተገዓርኩ፤
    ኣብ ግዳም መበጎር ዘርጊሔ፤ ከምቶም ወራዙት ለባማት፣ ካብ ኩሉ ኩሩዓት ኣባሓጎታተይ፣ ጋቢየይ ተዓጢቐ፣ ” አይ! አይ! ” ኢለ እንተልቀስኩ መን ይሰምዓኒ፧
    እወ መን ይስመዓኒ ፧!

    እወ ሽዓ ብብጊሓቱ እንድየ ተዝንጊዔ። ኣባሓጎታተይ እኖታተይ ሰብ ክብሪ፣ ሰብ ልቦና ምንባሮም፤ ሎሚ ፈሊጠ። ኣነ ግና ናይ ዝተማህረ ደንቆሮ፣ ናይ ሽማግለ ኣብዲ ዝኾነ ወለዶ ምዃነይ ሎሚ ተፈሊጡኒ።
    ኣነ መንነተይ ብሓዊ ዘልመስኩ፤ ንኩርዓተይ ዘቋናጽብ፤ ታሪኽ ኣባሓጎታተይ ዘይፈልጥ ከንቱ እየ።

    ውድቀት ድንቁርናይ ድማ ፣ እነሆ ባዕሉ ብስእሊ ይምስክር።

    • THE COWARD HERO August 27, 2014

      Respected Haz Haz,

      Are you the only one that understands me ,or are you also Un-Eritrean Eritrean like me.Please ,HazHaz I know the solution is to face reality,bring Banditry of Gedli ,Bring regionalism in the open & unite.
      I AM SICK & F -$·$·$KING TIRED OF THIS GENERIC ,USELESS ,LET US UNITE:
      IS THE NEW GENERATION MORE STUPID THAN US ,HIS PARENTS, IS IT NOT IMPOSSIBLE ???!!!!

  • jgna August 27, 2014

    Rest in peace: What a shocking trajedy!

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