Thursday, 26 April 2012

Afghans found abandoned off Calabria, one dead

Migrants possibly thrown overboard

26 April, 14:00
 
 
(ANSA) - Locri, April 26 - Police on the coast of Calabria were investigating the death of an Afghan and the alleged beatings of four others who were rescued in a group of 35 immigrants believed to have been dumped by traffickers Thursday.

The surviving victims were in hospital where one was reportedly in critical condition from ingesting seawater and suffering lesions. Police, who found the Afghan group abandoned on the coast without any trace of a boat, suspect some were beaten by traffickers as they tried to resist being thrown overboard. Witnesses said roughly 50 were aboard the ship when it left Greece four days ago, leading investigators to worry that more bodies have yet to be recovered. photo: the coast of Calabria