– One youngster has died however greater than 40 individuals have been rescued following the sinking of a ship off the coast of Lebanon’s northern port metropolis of Tripoli on Saturday, Transport Minister Ali Hamie informed Reuters.
The Lebanese Pink Cross mentioned in a tweet that there have been about 60 individuals on board and mentioned it had dispatched greater than a dozen ambulances to the scene.
“We're nonetheless searching for the rest of those that have been on the boat, which included each Lebanese and Syrians,” Hamie mentioned.
An agitated crowd had begun to assemble across the port by midnight, a Reuters witness reported, and ambulances might be seen ferrying individuals away from the coast in direction of town.
The Lebanese authorities mentioned in an announcement that Prime Minister Najib Mikati was following the sinking of a ship carrying passengers that departed illegally from the Qalamoun space, south of Tripoli.
Lebanon’s financial disaster has pushed waves of Lebanese in addition to Syrian refugees to strive the damaging sea journey to Europe on small dinghies.
Tripoli is Lebanon’s second metropolis and is the poorest metropolis on the Mediterranean, in line with the United Nations’ Habitat programme.
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