More than 30 migrants died after being attacked by sharks while attempting to cross from Africa to Italy, Libya's navy has said.

Some 18 women and three children were among the dead, and more than 40 are still missing after two boats attempting to cross into Europe via Libya sank.

When Libyan coastguard boats arrived at the scene, they spotted large blue sharks swimming around the boat, according to Italian media.

"When we arrived in the area, off the town of Garabulli, [one] dinghy was semi-submerged and still had 44 people clinging on to it, whom we saved," Libyan patrol boat commander Nasser al-Ghammoudi told Italian newspaper Il Giorno.

"There were lots of bodies all around and we saw there were four or five sharks swimming among them, large blue sharks, a very aggressive species.

"When we brought the bodies on board we noticed that some of them had been bitten, so it's possible that among the missing some may have been eaten."

The coastguard conducted two rescue operations off the city of Garabulli, 40 miles east of Tripoli, Libya’s navy said.

The Libyan navy said that they managed to rescue 60 people from one of the boats and 140 from the second. Migrants from Somalia, Ghana, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Pakistan were among those that were rescued.

Italy's coastguard, which coordinates the rescue effort in international waters, reported that a total of 1,500 people had been rescued from the oceans in the two days before the 31 migrants died.

Source - https://www.veeinsider.com/news/african-migrants-eaten-by-sharks-while-crossing-from-africa-to-italy/

cc. lalasticlala mynd44 fleewpeed

Where picture dey ?

Eaten by sharks and vomited for burial abi.

Cuz me ayam nt understanding

Chill, you need pictures of the sharks inside Mediterranean sea? eating the migrants??

MicheyJ1:
Where picture dey ?