The boat carrying migrants off Lybia was attacked by armed men
Armed men have attacked a boat carrying migrants off Libya, leaving at least four dead and 15 missing, German NGO Sea-Watch said Friday.
The assailants arrived aboard a vessel with Libyan coastguard insignia, and beat the migrants with clubs, sending many of them into the water, a Sea-Watch spokesman said. The organization launched a rescue operation following the incident, which occurred overnight Thursday, he said.
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