January 10, 2018 8:10 AM

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Scores of migrants missing in Mediterranean: Libyan Navy

Libyan navy has said that between 90 and 100 migrants were missing after their makeshift boat sank in the Mediterranean off the coast. The inflatable boat was carrying more than 100 people when it went down. According to navy spokesman Ayoub Kacem,<br/><br/>rescuers have saved just 17 people, including some women. Survivors clung to the vessel for hours before help arrived. The boat sank off the city of Khoms, around 100 kilometres east of the Libyan capital, Kacem said.<br/><br/>In another incident, the Libyan navy said it had also rescued 267 migrants of various African nationalities, off Zawiya to the west of Tripoli.

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