Spokesman: 90 Migrants Believed Dead Off Libyan Shore

 Spokesman: 90 Migrants Believed Dead Off Libyan Shore

 

The spokesman for the Libyan navy says more than 90 migrants are believed dead after their rickety boat was

 damaged shortly after leaving the Libyan coast.   Ayoub Gassim said the coast guard has rescued 29 survivors

, who said the plastic boat ripped and began filling with water about 26 miles (42 kilometers) off the Libyan

 coast, in international waters.   He said that a total of 126 migrants were in the boat, mostly African nationals. The migrants left Tajoura, in western...