18 killed, 18 missing as boat capsizes off Libya's west coast


TRIPOLI, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- A total of 18 migrants were killed, 92 rescued and 18 more missing after their boat capsized off Libya's western city of Zawiya early Tuesday morning, Libya's Ambulance and Emergency Service said.

Among the dead were four Egyptian nationals and two from Somalia, it said, adding that search and rescue operations are ongoing to locate the missing ones.

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