Three Bodies Recovered After Migrant Shipwreck in Southern Mediterranean

Lampedusa: ANGO-run search-and-rescue vessel, the Sea Punk, has rescued 15 people and recovered three bodies after the shipwreck of a migrant-boat in the southern Mediterranean. Survivors said three people are missing as there were 21 people on board.

According to Ansa News Agency, the rescue was carried out in Malta’s SAR area some 53 nautical miles from the Italian island of Lampedusa. Three of the survivors are in a critical condition.

An Italian Coast Guard patrol boat has been sent to the area of the shipwreck and will pick up the survivors and the three bodies.