Death Toll From Migrant Shipwreck Off Tunisia Rises to 17

Death Toll From Migrant Shipwreck Off Tunisia Rises to 17
A map shows the location of Nabeul in Tunisia, on March 19, 2022. Google Maps
Reuters
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TUNIS—The death toll from a migrant shipwreck off Tunisia on Friday has risen to 17 people, most of them Syrians, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a civil protection official told Reuters on Saturday.

He said the coastguard recovered five bodies on Saturday, after finding 12 on Friday. A search was still under way.