Tunisia coast guard recovers bodies of six African migrants


TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian coast guards recovered the bodies of five African women migrants and a baby in waters off the town of Monastir, a judge said on Thursday.

Judge Farid Ben Jha told Reuters that the bodies had been recovered late on Wednesday and that the migrants had come from sub-Saharan Africa.

(Reporting by Tarek Amara; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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