Horrific: Libya maritime officials confirm shooting at migrants in the Mediterranean
Horrific: Libya maritime officials confirm shooting at migrants in the Mediterranean
Libyan maritime officials have now acknowledged that a Libyan coast guard vessel had fired warning shots at a migrant boat.
The vessel was chasing the boat in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday June 30, in an apparent effort to try to stop the migrants from crossing into Europe.
On Thursday, German NGO Sea-Watch released footage filmed from a plane showing the Libyan coast guard chasing a blue wooden boat with a small engine at high speed. The boat had at least two dozen people onboard.
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