Tag: shipwreck
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11 immigrants die in shipwreck off Maltese coast
Grim news started the week this morning as the Armed Forces of Malta confirmed that 11 people died in a shipwreck off the Maltese coast after a boat carrying irregular migrants capsized east of Malta. The incident took place approximately 50 nautical miles east of Malta, outside territorial waters, according to a statement issued by…
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Watch: Malta celebrates Feast of St Paul’s Shipwreck
Malta is marking the Feast of St Paul’s Shipwreck today, 10th February, a national religious observance commemorating the arrival of St Paul on the islands in AD 60, according to Christian tradition. The feast recalls the biblical account in the Acts of the Apostles, which describes how St Paul was shipwrecked on Malta while travelling…
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Tragedy in the Mediterranean: 27 migrants dead as boats capsize off Tunisia
Twenty-seven migrants, including women and children, lost their lives after two boats capsized near the Kerkennah Islands off central Tunisia, officials reported today. Rescuers managed to save 83 people, all of whom were from sub-Saharan African countries, according to Zied Sdiri, head of civil defence in Sfax. The Tunisian National Guard added that search operations…
