Five children among dead as migrant boat sinks off Libya’s shore

The death toll of migrants whose boat sank off Libya’s shore has reached 117, including 40 women and five children.

The condition of the bodies suggests they were not “decomposed and therefore have drowned within the past 48 hours”, according to a spokesman for Libya’s Red Crescent.

He said the boat that capsized on Wednesday might have been the one carrying the migrants. Most of the migrants are from African countries and the death toll is expected to rise.