(CNN)— Muslims who were among
migrants trying to get from Libya to Italy in a
boat this week threw 12 fellow passengers
overboard -- killing them -- because the 12
were Christians, Italian police said Thursday.
Italian authorities have arrested 15 people on
suspicion of murdering the Christians at sea,
police in Palermo, Sicily, said.
Why migrants are dying to get to Italy
The original group of 105 people left Libya on
Tuesday in a rubber boat. Sometime during the
trip north across the Mediterranean Sea, the
alleged assailants -- Muslims from the Ivory
Coast, Mali and Senegal -- threw the 12
overboard, police said.
Other people on the voyage told police that
they themselves were spared "because they
strongly opposed the drowning attempt and
formed a human chain," Palermo police said.
The boat was intercepted by an Italian navy
vessel, which transferred the passengers to a
Panamanian-flagged ship. That ship docked in
Palermo on Wednesday, after which the
arrests were made, police said.
.
The 12 who died were from Nigeria and Ghana,
police said.
Thousands of people each year make the
dangerous sea journey from North Africa to
Europe's Mediterranean coast, often aboard
vessels poorly equipped for the trip. Many of
them attempt the voyage to flee war and
poverty in Africa and the Middle East.
More than 10,000 people have arrived on Italian
shores from Libya since last weekend alone,
according to the Italian coast guard.
Many die each year while attempting the
voyage, often when boats capsized. Last year
at least 3,200 died trying to make the trip.
Since 2000, according to the International
Organization for Migration, almost 22,000
people have died fleeing across the
Mediterranean.
The IOM reported Thursday the latest boat to
sink in trying to make the journey. Only four
people survived from the original 45 on board,
bringing the estimated death toll so far this
year close to a thousand.
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http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/16/europe/italy-migrants-christians-thrown-overboard/index.html

Kill them too!!!

lslam

I wish they were actually practicing Christians and not Christian by religion because that would launch them to not just paradise but a crown in heaven. But why does Ishmael hate Isaac this bad? May God cast the bond woman and her baby out of our nations as they have become world cancer

Hmmm..... I wonder how peaceful this world could have being without the word 'Islam': Allah! It is high time to Call your boiz to orderliness.

Funny enough d re migrating to a Christian dominated country.

ajoguegbe:
I wish they were actually practicing Christians and not Christian by religion because that would launch them to not just paradise but a crown in heaven. But why does Ishmael hate Isaac this bad? May God cast the bond woman and her baby out of our nations as they have become world cancer

Religion of Peace Pieces

Islam...

International

Syndicate for

Lowlifers

Arsonists and

Murderers.

This will just lead to another nairaland religious war! And at d end nthng will b achieved!... Wats happened has happened, dey were illegal immigrants, criminals

CountDracula:
This will just lead to another nairaland religious war! And at d end nthng will b achieved!... Wats happened has happened, dey were illegal immigrants, criminals

But it was supposed to be a Religion of Peace na

Blackchampion:
But it was supposed to be a Religion of Peace na

Religion doesn't bring peace, God does

Why always Ishmael

CountDracula:

Religion doesn't bring peace, God does