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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Sixty one migrants drown in shipwreck off libya - The Untold Story

A group of 61 migrants were rescued by crew members of the Geo Barents migrant rescue ship, operated by Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), in international waters off the coast of Libya in the central Mediterranean Sea, on 28 September 2023. REUTERS - DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI

Sixty-one migrants, including women and children, drowned following a shipwreck off Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya said.

IOM, in a post on social media platform X, quoted survivors as saying the boat, carrying around 86 people, departed the Libyan city of Zwara, about 110 km (68 miles) from the capital, Tripoli.

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