Italian prosecutors have commenced investigations into the
deaths of 26 Nigerian women whose bodies were recovered
at sea, BBC reported on Monday.
The victims, who are mostly teenagers, aged 14-18, are
believed to have been sexually abused and murdered as
they attempted to cross the Mediterranean.
Following several rescues, their bodies were discovered in
a
Spanish warship, Cantabria, carrying 375 migrants and the
dead women; 23 of whom women had been on a rubber
boat with 64 other people.
Italian media reported that the women’s bodies were being
kept in a refrigerated section of the warship. Most of the
375
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