Red Crescent: 8 Dead, 58 Missing After Shipwreck Off Libya

Red Crescent: 8 Dead, 58 Missing After Shipwreck Off Libya
A locator map for Libya with its capital, Tripoli. AP Photo
The Associated Press
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CAIRO—A boat carrying Europe-bound migrants capsized off Libya, killing at least eight people, while 58 others were still missing, the country’s Red Crescent said Wednesday.

Tawfik al-Shukri, spokesman for the Libyan Red Crescent, said the shipwreck took place Tuesday off the Mediterranean town of Garabulli, around 60 kilometers (37 miles) east of the capital of Tripoli.