Spain probing African migrant voyage after reported Moroccan gunfire

Migrants wait to disembark from a Spanish coast guard vessel, in the port of Arguineguin, at the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, May 25, 2023. REUTERS/Borja Suarez

GRAN CANARIA/RABAT (Reuters) - Spain said on Friday it was probing reports of casualties among a group of migrants trying to reach the Canary Islands from Africa, after a charity cited survivors as saying Moroccan soldiers opened fire killing at least one of them.

The Moroccan authorities did not immediately respond to emailed and telephoned requests for comment on the allegation that its forces shot at the group of more than 40 migrants as they sought to depart on a dinghy early on Tuesday morning.