Three sisters of 9, 11 and 17 years die when they sink a boat loaded with dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean

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Three sisters of 9, 11 and 17 years die when they sink a boat loaded with dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean

Three sisters of 9, 11 and 17 years have lost their lives in the Central Mediterraneanin the shipwreck of a barge that was loaded with dozens of migrants, the reskil rescue organization said Sunday, which saved other people.

The shipwreck took place at night between Friday and Saturday off the coast of Libya and the Nadir sailboat of that organization He managed to save 65 immigrants. During the evacuation operation of the patera, rescuers found the lifeless bodies of the three sisters of 9, 11 and 17 who died drowned, as explained by the NGO in a statement.

The bodies have been transferred this Sunday to the Italian island of Lampedusa. La Barcaza, a pneumatic boat, He had sailed last Thursday from the Libya city of Zuara, but, only a few hours later, inside he started in wateraccording to the reconstruction carried out by this German humanitarian organization.

Although the occupants tried to shrink the water that entered, The patera ended semihundida and mercy of waves up to 1.5 meters highso many immigrants ended up at sea.

The resqship humanitarian ship came on Friday to his aid after receiving a warning of the ‘Alarm Phone’ organization, which usually receives notices of possible shipwrecks. “While we evacuated one by the people of the patera to our ship I heard shouts and someone pointed to the water. There were bodies under the surface,” said the communications coordinator of the rescue ship, Barbara Sartore, in a statement.

Nadir’s human team tried to revive the three girls but was in vain. Ltheir mother and a brother have survivedaccording to the NGO. In addition, the survivors assured the lifeguards that another person had fallen to the sea hours and is missing.

On the other hand, Many of those rescued have serious burns caused by the mixture of sea water and patera gasoline. The resqship ship managed to save a total of 65 immigrants, fourteen from which they were evacuated on Saturday by an Italian coastal guard to Lampedusa.

“What happened to the three sisters is unimaginable, as well as the danger facing people who move in search of security,” the NGO has denounced, which has “urgently claimed”, safe exit routes “to end the deaths in the Mediterranean.”

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