At Least 36 Immigrants Die in Libya Shipwreck

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At least 36 immigrants died and 42 are reported missing after a makeshift boat was wrecked off Libya's coast, a naval spokesman told Agence France Presse on Sunday.

Colonel Ayub Kassem said the accident took place on Tuesday.

"The boat sank four kilometers (two and a half miles) off Garabulli (50 kilometers east of Tripoli). We were able to save 52 people of various nationalities. Thirty-six bodies have been recovered so far, 24 of them today (Sunday)," he said.

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