Tunisia Detains Crew of Ship That Sank Off Its Coast This Month

Tunisia Detains Crew of Ship That Sank Off Its Coast This Month
A merchant fuel ship sinks off the coast of Gabes, Tunisia on April 17, 2022. Tunisian Defence Ministry/Handout via Reuters
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TUNIS—A Tunisian judge detained seven crew members of a commercial ship that sank off the coast of the southern city of Gabes this month, a judicial official said on Wednesday, as authorities investigated whether the ship may have been deliberately sunk.

Tunisian officials said this month that the ship, the Xelo, sank while heading from Equatorial Guinea to Malta carrying up to 1,000 tonnes of oil and the Tunisian navy had rescued all seven crew members.