Dozens of bodies retrieved after Egypt boat disaster

Dozens of bodies have been pulled out of the water off the Egyptian coast after hundreds of migrants heading to Europe drowned when their overcrowded boat capsized.

Dozens of bodies retrieved after Egypt boat disaster

Dozens of bodies have been pulled out of the water off the Egyptian coast after hundreds of migrants heading to Europe drowned when their overcrowded boat capsized.

An Associated Press reporter in the Nile Delta city of Rosetta saw 20 to 30 bodies, many of them decomposed, brought in by fishing boats and delivered to a group of waiting ambulances.

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