Friday, November 8, 2013

October 11, 2013 Lampedusa Migrant Sinking

October 11, 2013  Lampedusa Migrant Sinking

This was not a random sinking, it was a terrorist attack.

Wikipedia:

2013 Lampedusa migrant shipwreck


A second shipwreck occurred 120 kilometres (75 mi) from Lampedusa on 11 October, within the territorial waters of Malta. At least 34 were later confirmed dead.[4][6]

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  • BBC News - Migrant boat 'shot at' as it left Libya

    www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24514340
    Oct 13, 2013 · Migrants who survived after their boat capsized in the latest deadlysinking in the Mediterranean say they were shot at as they left Libya.
    One survivor told the BBC that people on the boat were shot, and that bullet holes caused the boat to start sinking. At least 33 people died in the incident, a week after more than 350 migrants died in another shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa.
    UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said three people were wounded in the shooting, citing reports from migrants. It said the shots were fired "perhaps by militiamen who shot to kill".
    y escaped bullets and bombs only to perish before they could ever claim asylum," he said of the migrants.
    Many of those who attempt the perilous journey north across the Mediterranean come from African or Middle Eastern countries suffering from war and repression.
    Libyan prime minister:  Libyan counterpart Ali Zeidan.
    "We are determined to deal with the problem," Mr Zeidan said.  Libyan counterpart Ali Zeidan. "We are determined to deal with the problem," Mr Zeidan said.

  • updatednews.ca/2013/10/13/migrant-boat-shot-at-as-it-left-libya
    Oct 13, 2013 · Migrant boat ‘shot at’ as it ... and that bullet holes caused the boat to start sinking. ... He suggested that it was the Libyan coast guard that had ...

  • Migrant boat 'shot at' leaving Libya

    www.newsgab.com/breaking-news/283290-migrant-boat-shot-leaving...
    Italian Navy helicopter footage showed the rescue attempt Migrants who survived when their boat capsized in the Mediterranean say they were were shot

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  • 04 OCTOBER 2013, AFRICA

    • 13 October 2013 Last updated at 14:05 ET

    Migrant boat capsize survivor tells of ordeal

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24510143

    • Abde, told the BBC that he and his fellow passengers were in the water for more than an hour waiting to be rescued. ...he was originally from a Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian capital
    • boat was fired upon shortly after beginning its journey, Abde said. Those shooting were from the Libyan coast guard, he claimed, although other witnesses have blamed Libyan militias or traffickers.
    • in the international waters, they came after us and shot some fires in the air and we kept moving...inside the Italian waters..shooting us with live rounds...
    • shot two of the skippers...some of the women got shot
    • shot the engine room in the bottom of the boat and that's when the water started to get inside the ship." 
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