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Bodies of at least 74 migrants wash ashore in western Libya
Tuesday 21 February 2017 05.44 EST First published on Tuesday 21 February 2017 04.49 EST
Scores of bodies, presumed to be African migrants, have washed ashore on Libya’s Mediterranean coast in the western city of Zawiya.
At least 74 bodies were found on the beach on Tuesday morning. The circumstances of the drowning was unknown, a spokesman for Libya’s Red Crescent spokesman said.
There was no sign of a wrecked boat or vessel in which the migrants may have been travelling.
The agency tweeted photographs of dozens of bodies in white and black body bags, lined up on the shore.