ROME, June 7 – Italian maritime rescue teams have pulled 10 bodies from Mediterranean waters following the capsizing of a vessel carrying migrants near Malta, according to a coastguard announcement made Sunday.
The vessel had left Libya with approximately 60 people on board before it overturned roughly 45 nautical miles east-southeast of Malta’s coastline, Italian coastguard officials reported.
“According to the latest information, a fishing boat in the area rescued around 48 people alive, out of about 60 reported to have set off,” the coastguard added.
“The Italian coastguard immediately dispatched a patrol boat to the area, which has so far recovered 10 bodies. Search operations in the area are continuing, coordinated by the Maltese authorities.”
