At least 4 people dead after boat capsizes off Libya: UN

By Ebu Bekir Askin

TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – At least four people died when their boat capsized off the coast of Libya, the UN migration agency said Monday.

“A wooden boat capsized yesterday off Surman, #Libya with 20 migrants onboard, according to @unmigration teams,” the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya said on Twitter.

“2 people rescued, 4 bodies retrieved, (and) 14 people missing,” the agency added.

It said that at least 475 people have died attempting to cross the central Mediterranean so far this year.