Eighteen migrant bodies recovered, over 90 rescued off Libya, Red Crescent says


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  • Wednesday, 29 Oct 2025

A member of the Red Crescent holds a body bag next to a member of the military in a location given as near Surman, Libya, after a migrant boat capsized west of Libya's capital Tripoli, in this handout image released on October 28, 2025. Libyan Red Crescent Society in Sabratha/Handout via REUTERS

TRIPOLI (Reuters) -The bodies of at least 18 migrants, who died when their boat capsized west of Libya's capital Tripoli, were recovered while over 90 survivors were rescued, a local Red Crescent branch said on Tuesday.

The Red Crescent in Sabratha, a coastal town some 76 km (47 miles) west of Tripoli, said it had received a report of the capsized boat late on Monday and carried out a rescue operation until early Tuesday morning.

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