SENEGAL: At least 8 migrants died in a boat accident Eight migrants' bodies have been discovered after their boat capsized while attempt...
SENEGAL: At least 8 migrants died in a boat accident
Eight migrants' bodies have been discovered after their boat capsized while attempting to enter Europe off the northern coast of Senegal.
The remains were discovered by firefighters and marines, according to Interior Minister Felix Abdoulaye, and the hunt for survivors has begun.
About 155 people were on board, according to Mourtalla Mbaye, director of the Saint-Louis mortuary in the northern fishing town of Saint-Louis, where the dead were transported.
At a nearby military facility, the majority of the survivors who sustained injuries are being treated. He claimed there were six drowning victims in the remains, and the number of survivors is yet unknown.
Following the discovery of seven additional people's bodies and the rescue of 50 people from a different boat that was also headed for Europe and was discovered off the coast of Saint-Louis, the boat that was rescued on Wednesday night.
At least 90 individuals from this airliner are believed to be missing.
