5 bodies of migrants washed ashore in east of Libya's capital Tripoli, police officer says


TRIPOLI, Feb 21 (Reuters) - At least ⁠five bodies of migrants including two women have been washed ashore in َQasr ⁠al-Akhyar, a coastal town in the east of Libya's capital Tripoli, ‌a police officer told Reuters on Saturday.

Hassan Al-Ghawil, head of investigations at the Qasr Al-Akhyar police station, said that according to people in the area, a child's body washed ashore and because of ​the waves' height the body returned to the ⁠sea, and the coast guard ⁠was asked to search for it.

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