Bodies of 13 migrants wash up Tunisian shores

Bodies of 13 migrants wash up Tunisian shores
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Saturday 9 April 2022 - 22:52

Tunisian authorities found the bodies of 13 migrants, mostly women and children, between Friday and Saturday off the coast of the country, after two boats heading to Europe sank.

The spokesman of Sfax, central east Tunisia told AFP that nine bodies, four of them women and four children, washed up off the coast of Sfax on Friday after their boat capsized.

18 migrants were rescued and two others are still missing, according to the spokesman. 

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